Model comparison
Command R vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 58.2 to 38.4.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2 for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 131K |
| Max output | 4K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Command R: 28.8 (#301), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.9 (#101)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1170 | 1441 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Command R: 13.3 (#329), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 30.1 (#79)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
Math Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Command R: 25.8 (#244), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 36.3 (#118)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1440 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Command R: 30.5 (#219), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.3 (#102)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1416 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Command R: 35.9 (#240), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.3 (#88)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1461 |
| LMArena French | 1161 | 1415 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1416 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1398 |
| LMArena Korean | 1162 | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1403 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1150 | 1436 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Command R: 58.3 (#256), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 71.0 (#154)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1388 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 81% |
Long Context Too close to call
Command R: 36.3 (#226), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#218)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Command R: 38.4 (#248), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.2 (#116)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1415 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Command R or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct lists at $0.50 and $2.
Is Command R or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.