# Command R vs Mistral Medium 3.5

> Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Medium 3.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-vs-mistral-medium-3-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 58.5 to 38.2.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Command R | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 40.2 |
| Rank | 272 | 152 |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | $7.50 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R: 29.3 (#306)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command R: 13.8 (#331)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |

## Math

- Command R: 28.0 (#246)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1431 |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R: 31.0 (#221)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1432 |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Command R: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |

## Multilingual

- Command R: 35.7 (#245)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command R: 58.1 (#261)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1415 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R: 36.3 (#231)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1415 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R: 38.2 (#254)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Medium 3.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Command R or Mistral Medium 3.5?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

### Is Command R or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?

Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Medium 3.5 does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.