# Command R vs o1-mini

> o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-vs-o1-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 24

## Summary

- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 1 category and o1-mini in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where o1-mini leads 48.4 to 38.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Reasoning: 21.9% for Command R and 72.3% for o1-mini.
- Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command R | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 34.0 |
| Rank | 272 | 235 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command R: 29.3 (#306)
- o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

| Benchmark | Command R | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | 48% |
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1362 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command R: —
- o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

| Benchmark | Command R | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |

## Reasoning

- Command R: 13.8 (#331)
- o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

| Benchmark | Command R | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | 72.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1333 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | 57.9% |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | 57.8% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.82 |

## Math

- Command R: 28.0 (#246)
- o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

| Benchmark | Command R | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | 62% |
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1358 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |

## Knowledge

- Command R: 31.0 (#221)
- o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

| Benchmark | Command R | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1316 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command R: 35.7 (#245)
- o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

| Benchmark | Command R | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1314 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1293 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1303 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R: 58.1 (#261)
- o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

| Benchmark | Command R | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | 65.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1304 |

## Long Context

- Command R: 36.3 (#231)
- o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

| Benchmark | Command R | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1320 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R: 38.2 (#254)
- o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

| Benchmark | Command R | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1314 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | 40.9% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |

## FAQ

### Is Command R better than o1-mini?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Command R or o1-mini better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Command R and o1-mini share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.