Model comparison
Command R+ vs Gemma 3 12B
Command R+ and Gemma 3 12B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 32.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
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GoogleSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 2 categories and Gemma 3 12B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R+ leads 36.4 to 26.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 54.9% for Command R+ and 48.8% for Gemma 3 12B.
- Gemma 3 12B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Gemma 3 12B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Gemma 3 12B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 32.1 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2025-03-12 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 131K |
| Max output | 4K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3 12B leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1281 |
| SciCode | — | 17.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R+: —, Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 30.4% |
Reasoning Gemma 3 12B leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1309 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 48.8% |
| LMCA | 5% | 4.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 123.5 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Command R+ leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1307 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Command R+ leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | 4.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1248 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 39.5% |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R+: —, Gemma 3 12B: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | — | 46.7% |
Multilingual Gemma 3 12B leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1318 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1370 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1335 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | — |
| LMArena French | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 12B leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1299 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Gemma 3 12B leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1317 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 12B leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1334 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1334 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1126 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Gemma 3 12B?
Command R+ and Gemma 3 12B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 32.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Gemma 3 12B?
Gemma 3 12B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command R+ or Gemma 3 12B better for coding?
Gemma 3 12B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemma 3 12B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Gemma 3 12B share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 12B has 24.