Noometry

Model comparison

Command R vs Seed 2.0 Pro

Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 4.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Seed 2.0 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Command R Cohere

31.0

Rank #267 Confirmed

Seed 2.0 Pro ByteDance Seed

42.5

Rank #97 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Seed 2.0 Pro in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Seed 2.0 Pro leads 63.0 to 38.4.
  • Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Seed 2.0 Pro.
  • Seed 2.0 Pro accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 128K.
  • Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command RSeed 2.0 Pro
ProviderCohereByteDance Seed
Noometry Index31.042.5
Released2024-08-302026-02-14
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K256K
Max output4K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.50
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$3
Results tracked2920

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Category by category

Coding Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Command R: 28.8 (#301), Seed 2.0 Pro: 42.9 (#84)

BenchmarkCommand RSeed 2.0 Pro
LMArena Coding11701472
BigCodeBench Instruct37.1%—
LiveBench Coding17.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete45.2%—

Reasoning Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Command R: 13.3 (#329), Seed 2.0 Pro: 23.1 (#167)

BenchmarkCommand RSeed 2.0 Pro
LMArena Hard Prompts11641453
NYT Connections (extended)—28.4%
Thematic Generalization—57.1%
LiveBench Reasoning21.9%—
DTBench46.4%—
LiveBench Data Analysis33.3%—
LMCA9.2%—
LiveBench27.5%—

Math Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Command R: 25.8 (#244), Seed 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#110)

BenchmarkCommand RSeed 2.0 Pro
LMArena Math11551440
LiveBench Math19.4%—

Knowledge Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Command R: 30.5 (#219), Seed 2.0 Pro: 39.6 (#119)

BenchmarkCommand RSeed 2.0 Pro
LMArena Expert11381440
MMLU65.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Command R: —, Seed 2.0 Pro: 40.8 (#34)

BenchmarkCommand RSeed 2.0 Pro
LMArena Vision—1275

Multilingual Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Command R: 35.9 (#240), Seed 2.0 Pro: 54.8 (#37)

BenchmarkCommand RSeed 2.0 Pro
LMArena Non-English11741442
LMArena Chinese11821490
LMArena French11611470
LMArena German11761443
LMArena Japanese11431408
LMArena Korean11621412
LMArena Russian11741450
LMArena Spanish11501460

Instruction Following Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Command R: 58.3 (#256), Seed 2.0 Pro: 74.7 (#86)

BenchmarkCommand RSeed 2.0 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following11671414
LiveBench Instruction Following55.6%—

Long Context Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Command R: 36.3 (#226), Seed 2.0 Pro: 43.6 (#85)

BenchmarkCommand RSeed 2.0 Pro
LMArena Longer Query11981428

Writing & Preference Seed 2.0 Pro leads

Command R: 38.4 (#248), Seed 2.0 Pro: 63.0 (#66)

BenchmarkCommand RSeed 2.0 Pro
LMArena Text11871448
LMArena Creative Writing11701406
LMArena Multi-Turn11631441
LiveBench Language16.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than Seed 2.0 Pro?

Seed 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 4.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Seed 2.0 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Command R or Seed 2.0 Pro?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Seed 2.0 Pro lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Command R or Seed 2.0 Pro better for coding?

Seed 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Seed 2.0 Pro does, with 256K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R and Seed 2.0 Pro share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Seed 2.0 Pro has 20.

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