Model comparison

Command R vs o1-mini

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

Command R Cohere

31.4

Rank #272 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 1 category and o1-mini in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where o1-mini leads 48.4 to 38.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Reasoning: 21.9% for Command R and 72.3% for o1-mini.
  • Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command R and o1-mini specifications
Command Ro1-mini
ProviderCohereOpenAI
Noometry Index31.434.0
Released2024-08-302024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked2939

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

Command R: 29.3 (#306), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand Ro1-mini
LiveBench Coding17.9%48%
LMArena Coding11691362
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
WeirdML—36.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct37.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete45.2%—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command R: —, o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand Ro1-mini
Cybench—10%

Reasoning Command R leads

Command R: 13.8 (#331), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand Ro1-mini
LiveBench Reasoning21.9%72.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts11641333
LiveBench Data Analysis33.3%57.9%
LiveBench27.5%57.8%
ARC-AGI-2—0.8%
SimpleBench—18.1%
ARC-AGI-1—14%
DTBench46.4%—
LMCA9.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—135.82

Math o1-mini leads

Command R: 28.0 (#246), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand Ro1-mini
LiveBench Math19.4%62%
LMArena Math11551358
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—46.9%
MATH Level 5—89.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge o1-mini leads

Command R: 31.0 (#221), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand Ro1-mini
LMArena Expert11381316
GPQA Diamond—62.4%
Confabulations—18.6%
MMLU65.2%—

Multilingual o1-mini leads

Command R: 35.7 (#245), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand Ro1-mini
LMArena Non-English11741289
LMArena Chinese11821314
LMArena French11621293
LMArena German11761278
LMArena Japanese11431245
LMArena Korean11631223
LMArena Russian11741283
LMArena Spanish11511303

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

Command R: 58.1 (#261), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand Ro1-mini
LiveBench Instruction Following55.6%65.4%
LMArena Instruction Following11671304

Long Context o1-mini leads

Command R: 36.3 (#231), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand Ro1-mini
LMArena Longer Query11981320

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

Command R: 38.2 (#254), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand Ro1-mini
LMArena Text11871317
LMArena Creative Writing11701244
LMArena Multi-Turn11631314
LiveBench Language16.7%40.9%
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than o1-mini?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Command R or o1-mini better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Command R and o1-mini share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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