# Command R vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

> Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 26.8 to 13.8.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.60 for Command R.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Command R | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 40.0 |
| Rank | 272 | 155 |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | $0.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R: 29.3 (#306)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)

| Benchmark | Command R | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1375 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command R: 13.8 (#331)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)

| Benchmark | Command R | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1337 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |

## Math

- Command R: 28.0 (#246)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)

| Benchmark | Command R | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R: 31.0 (#221)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)

| Benchmark | Command R | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1356 |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command R: 35.7 (#245)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)

| Benchmark | Command R | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1359 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1366 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1345 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R: 58.1 (#261)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)

| Benchmark | Command R | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1318 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R: 36.3 (#231)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)

| Benchmark | Command R | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1314 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R: 38.2 (#254)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)

| Benchmark | Command R | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command R or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Command R lists at $0.15 and $0.60.

### Is Command R or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.