Model comparison
Command R+ vs Mistral Large 4
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 29.1.
- Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Mistral Large 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 43.1 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2026-10-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 4K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.68 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $2.09 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1475 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1444 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Mistral Large 4 leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1488 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1447 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | — |
| LMArena German | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1424 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1429 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1424 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command R+ or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Mistral Large 4 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.