Model comparison
Command A vs Gemma 1.1 2b IT
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
GoogleSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 6 categories and Gemma 1.1 2b IT in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Command A leads 47.8 to 25.3.
Side by side
| Command A | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Command A: 26.8 (#317), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 29.6 (#294)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 1.1 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | 1034 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 17.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 23.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.7 (#36), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 1.1 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Command A: 17.7 (#276), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 18.2 (#268)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 1.1 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1005 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math Command A leads
Command A: 33.5 (#172), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 28.3 (#230)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 1.1 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1047 |
Knowledge Command A leads
Command A: 36.5 (#157), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.0 (#255)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 1.1 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 970 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual Command A leads
Command A: 45.5 (#166), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.7 (#284)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 1.1 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 988 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1011 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 944 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 899 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 990 |
| LMArena French | 1352 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | — |
Instruction Following Command A leads
Command A: 69.3 (#172), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 50.1 (#294)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 1.1 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 992 |
Long Context Command A leads
Command A: 40.6 (#147), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.5 (#281)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 1.1 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1003 |
Writing & Preference Command A leads
Command A: 47.8 (#204), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.3 (#301)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 1.1 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1022 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 998 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 958 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Gemma 1.1 2b IT?
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command A or Gemma 1.1 2b IT better for coding?
Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.6 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Gemma 1.1 2b IT share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16.