Model comparison
Command R+ vs Ministral 8B
Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 29× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R+'s lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Mistral AISummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 5 categories and Ministral 8B in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R+ leads 36.4 to 12.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 54.9% for Command R+ and 45.7% for Ministral 8B.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Ministral 8B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 4K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Ministral 8B leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1202 |
| 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+: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning Ministral 8B leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1191 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 45.7% |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Command R+ leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1188 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge Command R+ leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | 7.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Command R+ leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | — |
| LMArena German | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1161 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1212 |
Writing & Preference Command R+ leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1166 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Ministral 8B?
Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 29× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R+'s lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Ministral 8B?
Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command R+ or Ministral 8B better for coding?
Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.0 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Ministral 8B does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Ministral 8B share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.