Noometry

Model comparison

Command R+ vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 9.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 17.4% for Command R+ and 79.6% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.
  • Both cost about the same: $2.50 input and $10 output per million tokens.
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
  • Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command R+Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
ProviderCohereGoogle
Noometry Index32.456.7
Released2024-08-302026-02-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K1.05M
Max output4K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$2
Output $ / M tokens$10$12
Results tracked3471

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
LMArena Coding11871484
SWE-bench Verified—75.6%
DeepSWE—11.7%
LMArena WebDev—1447
SciCode—58.9%
GSO—22.6%
WeirdML—72.1%
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
MirrorCode—8.9%
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
ALE-Bench—1,161
AlgoTune—2.02
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command R+: —, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Terminal-Bench—80.2%
APEX-Agents—35.3%
τ²-bench Banking—26%
DeepResearch Bench—47.8%
PostTrainBench—22%
BALROG—57%
ExploitBench—26.1%
GBAEval—0.8%
GDP.pdf—17%
LMArena Search—1211
METR Time Horizons—77%
Vending-Bench 2—3,774

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
SimpleBench17.4%79.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts11861485
DTBench54.9%97.1%
LMCA5%53.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34154.77
ARC-AGI-2—77.1%
NYT Connections (extended)—97.4%
ARC-AGI-1—98%
CritPt—17.7%
Chess Puzzles—55%
EnigmaEval—36.8%
Thematic Generalization—79.4%
EBR-Bench—14.3%
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—34%
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
ForecastBench—59
LiveBench31.8%—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
LMArena Math11881485
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—59.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—26.8%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—86.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
ProofBench—26%
LiveBench Math21.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—36.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—16.7%

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%10.4%
LMArena Expert11741485
GPQA Diamond—94.4%
Humanity's Last Exam—46.4%
SimpleQA Verified—73.5%
MMLU69.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Command R+: —, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
LMArena Vision—1296
Blueprint-Bench 2—26.5%
Furniture Assembly—26.7%
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
LMArena Non-English12161477
LMArena Chinese12261529
LMArena French12091487
LMArena German12161491
LMArena Japanese11661493
LMArena Korean11381455
LMArena Russian12271498
LMArena Spanish11891479

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
LMArena Instruction Following11971466
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
LMArena Longer Query12301483
CL-bench—20.8%
CL-bench Life—16.9%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
LMArena Text12291481
LMArena Creative Writing12351482
LMArena Multi-Turn12131488
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1491
EQ-Bench 4—1142
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview?

Command R+ is cheaper. It lists at $2.50 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.

Is Command R+ or Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71.

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