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# Aya Expanse 8B

> Aya Expanse 8B by Cohere. Ranked #245 of 368 with a Noometry Index of 35.4. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/aya-expanse-8b
- Last updated: 2026-11-04
- Title: Aya Expanse 8B Benchmarks, Price & Rank (November 2026)

Aya Expanse 8B by Cohere ranks 245th of 368 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of November 2026, with a score of 35.4. Its strongest category is reasoning, where it ranks 196th.

Last verified November 4, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #245 of 368
- **Index score:** 35.4
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 14 results
- **Provider:** [![](/logos/cohere.svg) Cohere](https://noometry.com/providers/cohere)
- **Released:** Unknown
- **Weights:** Open weights
- **Reasoning:** Unknown
- **Context window:** —
- **Max output:** —
- **Input price:** Not listed
- **Output price:** Not listed
- **Blended price:** Not listed
- **Output speed:** Not measured
- **Value:** Not ranked
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Unknown

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Aya Expanse 8B category scores

1.  Coding 34.4
2.  Reasoning 24.7
3.  Math 35.4
4.  Knowledge 32.4
5.  Multilingual 34.9
6.  Instruction Following 59.9
7.  Long Context 36.0
8.  Writing & Preference 39.1
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Aya Expanse 8B category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 34.4 | #253 | 1 |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 24.7 | #196 | 1 |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 35.4 | #216 | 1 |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 32.4 | #229 | 1 |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 34.9 | #240 | 1 |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 59.9 | #257 | 1 |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 36.0 | #233 | 1 |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 39.1 | #257 | 3 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Aya Expanse 8B places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Aya Expanse 8B: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 24.7 | −1.3 | #196 of 349, top 57% |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 35.4 | −3.2 | #216 of 342, top 64% |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 32.4 | −5.9 | #229 of 326, top 71% |

### Weakest categories

Aya Expanse 8B: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 59.9 | −11.1 | #257 of 308, top 84% |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 34.9 | −11.9 | #240 of 294, top 82% |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 39.1 | −14.5 | #257 of 317, top 82% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Aya Expanse 8B. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Aya Expanse 8B
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0](https://noometry.com/models/amazon-nova-lite-1-0) | #241 | 36.1 | $0.10 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-aya-expanse-8b) |
| [Qwen3 Coder Next](https://noometry.com/models/qwen3-coder-next) | #242 | 35.8 | $0.29 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-qwen3-coder-next) |
| [Magistral Medium](https://noometry.com/models/magistral-medium) | #243 | 35.7 | $2.75 | 0 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-magistral-medium) |
| [DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B](https://noometry.com/models/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b) | #244 | 35.5 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b) |
| [Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-2-0-flash) | #246 | 35.4 | — | 92 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-gemini-2-0-flash) |
| [Qwen Max](https://noometry.com/models/qwen-max) | #247 | 35.3 | $2.80 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-qwen-max) |
| [Devstral Small 2505](https://noometry.com/models/devstral-small) | #248 | 35.3 | — | 88 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-devstral-small) |
| [Reka Flash 3](https://noometry.com/models/reka-flash-3) | #249 | 35.3 | $0.13 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-reka-flash-3) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Coding

Aya Expanse 8B Coding benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-coding) | 1160 | #253 of 291, top 87% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Reasoning

Aya Expanse 8B Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Hard Prompts](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-hard-prompts) | 1156 | #250 of 294, top 86% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Math

Aya Expanse 8B Math benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-math) | 1168 | #243 of 283, top 86% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Knowledge

Aya Expanse 8B Knowledge benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Expert](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-expert) | 1152 | #233 of 271, top 86% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Multilingual

Aya Expanse 8B Multilingual benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Non-English](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-non-english) | 1180 | #240 of 294, top 82% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Chinese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-chinese) | 1181 | #238 of 281, top 85% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena German](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-german) | 1188 | #202 of 236, top 86% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Japanese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-japanese) | 1120 | #193 of 218, top 89% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Russian](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-russian) | 1197 | #233 of 280, top 84% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Instruction Following

Aya Expanse 8B Instruction Following benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-instruction-following) | 1155 | #249 of 294, top 85% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Long Context

Aya Expanse 8B Long Context benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Longer Query](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-longer-query) | 1191 | #242 of 287, top 85% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Writing & Preference

Aya Expanse 8B Writing & Preference benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Text](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-text) | 1185 | #248 of 294, top 85% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-creative-writing) | 1168 | #244 of 292, top 84% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Multi-Turn](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-multi-turn) | 1160 | #248 of 292, top 85% | Aya Expanse 8B | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

## Compare Aya Expanse 8B

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-   [Aya Expanse 8B vs Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)](https://noometry.com/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-gemini-2-0-flash)
-   [Aya Expanse 8B vs Magistral Medium](https://noometry.com/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-magistral-medium)
-   [Aya Expanse 8B vs Qwen Max](https://noometry.com/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-qwen-max)
-   [Aya Expanse 8B vs Qwen3 Coder Next](https://noometry.com/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-qwen3-coder-next)
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## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Aya Expanse 8B?

Aya Expanse 8B by Cohere ranks 245th of 368 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of November 2026, with a score of 35.4. Its strongest category is reasoning, where it ranks 196th.

### Is Aya Expanse 8B open source?

Yes. Aya Expanse 8B's weights are downloadable; check the license for commercial terms.

### What are Aya Expanse 8B's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Aya Expanse 8B places best in reasoning, math, knowledge and lowest in instruction following, multilingual, writing & preference.

### What is Aya Expanse 8B best at?

Its best category is reasoning, where it ranks 196th on Noometry.

### Cite this page

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