Model comparison
Command R vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
Command R and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.4 vs 31.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Command R leads 35.7 to 27.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 45.2% for Command R and 35.4% for Granite 3.0 8b Instruct.
Side by side
| Command R | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 31.6 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 29 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Command R: 29.3 (#306), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)
| Benchmark | Command R | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | 29.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1112 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | 35.4% |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Command R: 13.8 (#331), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)
| Benchmark | Command R | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1092 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
Math Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Command R: 28.0 (#246), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)
| Benchmark | Command R | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1143 |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
Knowledge Command R leads
Command R: 31.0 (#221), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)
| Benchmark | Command R | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1087 |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
Multilingual Command R leads
Command R: 35.7 (#245), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)
| Benchmark | Command R | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1037 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1063 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1060 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | — |
| LMArena German | 1176 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | — |
Instruction Following Command R leads
Command R: 58.1 (#261), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)
| Benchmark | Command R | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1088 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
Long Context Command R leads
Command R: 36.3 (#231), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)
| Benchmark | Command R | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1122 |
Writing & Preference Command R leads
Command R: 38.2 (#254), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)
| Benchmark | Command R | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1096 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1071 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1063 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?
Command R and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.4 vs 31.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Command R or Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (29.3 vs 29.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.