# Command R vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct

> Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-vs-qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 58.0 to 38.2.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2 for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 43.0 |
| Rank | 272 | 102 |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | $0.50 |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R: 29.3 (#306)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 42.5 (#98)

| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1440 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command R: 13.8 (#331)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 31.1 (#81)

| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |

## Math

- Command R: 28.0 (#246)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 38.8 (#126)

| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1440 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R: 31.0 (#221)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.8 (#106)

| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1417 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command R: 35.7 (#245)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.1 (#93)

| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1460 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1413 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1395 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1364 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1435 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R: 58.1 (#261)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 70.8 (#159)

| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1389 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 81% |

## Long Context

- Command R: 36.3 (#231)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#223)

| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R: 38.2 (#254)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.0 (#121)

| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1334 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1416 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Command R or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct lists at $0.50 and $2.

### Is Command R or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.