Noometry

Model comparison

Command R vs Gemma 3 4B

Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 5.2× 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.

Command R Cohere

31.4

Rank #272 Confirmed

Gemma 3 4B Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 3 categories and Gemma 3 4B in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R leads 31.0 to 11.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 9.2% for Command R and 2.8% for Gemma 3 4B.
  • Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.60 for Command R.
  • Gemma 3 4B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Command RGemma 3 4B
ProviderCohereGoogle
Noometry Index31.428.1
Released2024-08-302025-03-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K131K
Max output4K4K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.04
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$0.08
Results tracked2922

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 3 4B leads

Command R: 29.3 (#306), Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215)

BenchmarkCommand RGemma 3 4B
LMArena Coding11691230
BigCodeBench Instruct37.1%—
LiveBench Coding17.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete45.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command R: —, Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142)

BenchmarkCommand RGemma 3 4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—19.6%

Reasoning Too close to call

Command R: 13.8 (#331), Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335)

BenchmarkCommand RGemma 3 4B
LMArena Hard Prompts11641253
DTBench46.4%50.9%
LMCA9.2%2.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—25.2%
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning21.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis33.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—116.02
LiveBench27.5%—

Math Command R leads

Command R: 28.0 (#246), Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292)

BenchmarkCommand RGemma 3 4B
LMArena Math11551239
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.5%
LiveBench Math19.4%—

Knowledge Command R leads

Command R: 31.0 (#221), Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299)

BenchmarkCommand RGemma 3 4B
LMArena Expert11381223
GPQA Diamond—23.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—6.4%
MMLU65.2%—

Multilingual Gemma 3 4B leads

Command R: 35.7 (#245), Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194)

BenchmarkCommand RGemma 3 4B
LMArena Non-English11741273
LMArena German11761281
LMArena Russian11741294
LMArena Chinese1182—
LMArena French1162—
LMArena Japanese1143—
LMArena Korean1163—
LMArena Spanish1151—

Instruction Following Gemma 3 4B leads

Command R: 58.1 (#261), Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225)

BenchmarkCommand RGemma 3 4B
LMArena Instruction Following11671239
LiveBench Instruction Following55.6%—

Long Context Gemma 3 4B leads

Command R: 36.3 (#231), Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194)

BenchmarkCommand RGemma 3 4B
LMArena Longer Query11981273

Writing & Preference Gemma 3 4B leads

Command R: 38.2 (#254), Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239)

BenchmarkCommand RGemma 3 4B
LMArena Text11871291
LMArena Creative Writing11701271
LMArena Multi-Turn11631255
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1068
LiveBench Language16.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than Gemma 3 4B?

Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 5.2× 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 Gemma 3 4B?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Command R lists at $0.15 and $0.60.

Is Command R or Gemma 3 4B better for coding?

Gemma 3 4B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 3 4B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R and Gemma 3 4B share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 4B has 22.

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