Model comparison
Command R vs Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
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GoogleSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 4 Argon in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 28.0.
- Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command R | Gemini 4 Argon | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 56.5 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2026-09-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 29 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R: 29.3 (#306), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1550 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1678 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 55% |
| SciCode | — | 61.8% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 82.2% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 13,718 |
Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R: 13.8 (#331), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1548 |
| CritPt | — | 27.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
Math Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R: 28.0 (#246), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1536 |
| ProofBench | — | 99% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R: 31.0 (#221), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1553 |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 54.4% |
Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R: 35.7 (#245), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1523 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1610 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1537 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1497 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | — |
| LMArena German | 1176 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R: 58.1 (#261), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1538 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R: 36.3 (#231), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1549 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R: 38.2 (#254), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1534 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1531 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1557 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Gemini 4 Argon?
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command R or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?
Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Gemini 4 Argon share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.