Model comparison

Command R+ vs DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale DeepSeek

39.7

Rank #162 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads 32.9 to 9.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 17.4% for Command R+ and 52.6% for DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale.
  • DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is cheaper at $0.58 / $1.68 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.

Side by side

Command R+ and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale specifications
Command R+DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
ProviderCohereDeepSeek
Noometry Index32.439.7
Released2024-08-302025-12-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K128K
Max output4K128K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.58
Output $ / M tokens$10$1.68
Results tracked343

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 40.4 (#140)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
WeirdML—46.7%
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
LMArena Coding1187—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 32.9 (#73)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
SimpleBench17.4%52.6%
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1186—
DTBench54.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
LMCA5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34—
LiveBench31.8%—

Math Not comparable

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
LiveBench Math21.3%—
LMArena Math1188—

Knowledge Not comparable

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%—
LMArena Expert1174—
MMLU69.4%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
LMArena Non-English1216—
LMArena Chinese1226—
LMArena French1209—
LMArena German1216—
LMArena Japanese1166—
LMArena Korean1138—
LMArena Russian1227—
LMArena Spanish1189—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—
LMArena Instruction Following1197—

Long Context Not comparable

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
LMArena Longer Query1230—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 46.0 (#222)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
LMArena Text1229—
LMArena Creative Writing1235—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1276
LMArena Multi-Turn1213—
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Command R+ or DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is cheaper. It lists at $0.58 per million input tokens and $1.68 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

Is Command R+ or DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 128K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has 3.

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