# Command R vs GPT-5.4 mini

> GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 mini's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-vs-gpt-5-4-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.4 mini in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.4 mini leads 64.0 to 38.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 46.4% for Command R and 80% for GPT-5.4 mini.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $4.50 for GPT-5.4 mini.
- GPT-5.4 mini accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 128K.
- Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command R | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 45.0 |
| Rank | 272 | 76 |
| Context | 128K | 400K |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | $0.75 |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | $4.50 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command R: 29.3 (#306)
- GPT-5.4 mini: 45.2 (#72)

| Benchmark | Command R | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1438 |
| FrontierCode | — | 27% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1397 |
| SciCode | — | 49.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 60.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,189 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command R: —
- GPT-5.4 mini: 29.9 (#81)

| Benchmark | Command R | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | — | 36.3% |

## Reasoning

- Command R: 13.8 (#331)
- GPT-5.4 mini: 30.4 (#85)

| Benchmark | Command R | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1424 |
| DTBench | 46.4% | 80% |
| LMCA | 9.2% | 40.8% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 18.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 61.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 63.7% |
| CritPt | — | 10% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 24% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 61.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 11% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 148.84 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57 |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |

## Math

- Command R: 28.0 (#246)
- GPT-5.4 mini: 45.5 (#75)

| Benchmark | Command R | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1419 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 51.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 9.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 21% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 28.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |

## Knowledge

- Command R: 31.0 (#221)
- GPT-5.4 mini: 51.5 (#67)

| Benchmark | Command R | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1435 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 86.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 29.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.5% |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Command R: —
- GPT-5.4 mini: 39.7 (#56)

| Benchmark | Command R | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1245 |

## Multilingual

- Command R: 35.7 (#245)
- GPT-5.4 mini: 51.9 (#96)

| Benchmark | Command R | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1446 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1440 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1374 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1368 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1417 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1405 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R: 58.1 (#261)
- GPT-5.4 mini: 74.1 (#102)

| Benchmark | Command R | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1405 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R: 36.3 (#231)
- GPT-5.4 mini: 43.0 (#112)

| Benchmark | Command R | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1407 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R: 38.2 (#254)
- GPT-5.4 mini: 64.0 (#58)

| Benchmark | Command R | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1412 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1370 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1665 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R better than GPT-5.4 mini?

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 mini's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Command R or GPT-5.4 mini?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 mini lists at $0.75 and $4.50.

### Is Command R or GPT-5.4 mini better for coding?

GPT-5.4 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.2 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 mini does, with 400K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R and GPT-5.4 mini share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 mini has 46.