Model comparison

Command R+ vs Llama 2-7B

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 5 categories and Llama 2-7B in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Command R+ leads 43.5 to 28.0.

Side by side

Command R+ and Llama 2-7B specifications
Command R+Llama 2-7B
ProviderCohereMeta
Noometry Index32.429.1
Released2024-08-302023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3429

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Llama 2-7B
LMArena Coding11871002
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Reasoning Llama 2-7B leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Llama 2-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts11861009
Epoch Capabilities Index119.3499.06
SimpleBench17.4%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
DTBench54.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
LMCA5%—
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
LiveBench31.8%—
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math Llama 2-7B leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Llama 2-7B
LMArena Math11881042
LiveBench Math21.3%—
GSM8K—16.7%

Knowledge Command R+ leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Llama 2-7B
LMArena Expert11741036
MMLU69.4%45.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Command R+: —, Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Llama 2-7B
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual Command R+ leads

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Llama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1216973
LMArena Chinese1226973
LMArena French1209970
LMArena German1216978
LMArena Russian1227995
LMArena Spanish11891007
LMArena Japanese1166—
LMArena Korean1138—

Instruction Following Command R+ leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Llama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following11971006
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—

Long Context Command R+ leads

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Llama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1230999

Writing & Preference Command R+ leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Llama 2-7B
LMArena Text12291053
LMArena Creative Writing12351033
LMArena Multi-Turn12131029
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than Llama 2-7B?

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Command R+ or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (29.1 vs 29.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Llama 2-7B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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