Model comparison
Command R+ vs Magistral Medium
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 2 categories and Magistral Medium in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Magistral Medium leads 39.1 to 29.1.
- Magistral Medium is cheaper at $2 / $5 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Magistral Medium accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 4K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $5 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1319 |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1250 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Command R+ leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1223 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Magistral Medium leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1267 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1271 |
Instruction Following Magistral Medium leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1254 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Magistral Medium leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1275 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command R+ or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Magistral Medium does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Magistral Medium share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.