Noometry

Model comparison

Command R+ vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 5 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R+ leads 36.4 to 16.0.
  • Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command R+Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
ProviderCohereGoogle
Noometry Index32.429.9
Released2024-08-302024-10-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3421

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Coding11871218
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts11861209
DTBench54.9%50%
SimpleBench17.4%—
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
LMCA5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34—
LiveBench31.8%—

Math Command R+ leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Math11881207
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—4.6%
LiveBench Math21.3%—

Knowledge Command R+ leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Expert11741185
GPQA Diamond—33%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%—
MMLU69.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Command R+: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Vision—1044

Multilingual Too close to call

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Non-English12161215
LMArena Chinese12261231
LMArena French12091234
LMArena German12161206
LMArena Japanese11661150
LMArena Korean11381140
LMArena Russian12271236
LMArena Spanish11891212

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Instruction Following11971199
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—

Long Context Too close to call

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Longer Query12301219

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Text12291226
LMArena Creative Writing12351218
LMArena Multi-Turn12131185
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Command R+ or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.

Related comparisons

Go deeper