Model comparison
Command R vs Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.6 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 13.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 46.4% for Command R and 95.5% for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command R | Gemini 3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 54.1 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2026-07-21 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 4K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.75 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $3.75 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 46 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R: 29.3 (#306), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1491 |
| DeepSWE | — | 46.7% |
| FrontierCode | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1538 |
| SciCode | — | 52.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 56.1% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 715.52 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 46.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 14% |
Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R: 13.8 (#331), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1485 |
| DTBench | 46.4% | 95.5% |
| LMCA | 9.2% | 44.9% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 60.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 89% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 91.2% |
| CritPt | — | 10.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 43% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 30% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 154.25 |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R: 28.0 (#246), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1505 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 58.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 22% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 70.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 94.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 36% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R: 31.0 (#221), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1488 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 94.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 66.2% |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1298 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 31.2% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 23.3% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1456 |
Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R: 35.7 (#245), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1469 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1531 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1504 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1478 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1476 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1431 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1487 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1475 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R: 58.1 (#261), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1466 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R: 36.3 (#231), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1474 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R: 38.2 (#254), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1479 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1465 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1481 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1604 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Command R or Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.
Is Command R or Gemini 3.6 Flash better for coding?
Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Gemini 3.6 Flash share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46.