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Command RvsGemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. Command R is 3.7x cheaper per token. Gemini 2.5 Flash has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 1
Gemini 2.5 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
Command R
3.7x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 2.5 Flash
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
Cohere · Google
Command R
Cohere · released 2024-08-30
text
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google · released 2025-06-17
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 0 only Command R · 7 only Gemini 2.5 Flash| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | 1163 ↗ | 1417.3 ↗ | -254.3 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Only Command R reports · 0 | ||||
| Command R reports nothing Gemini 2.5 Flash does not. | ||||
| Only Gemini 2.5 Flash reports · 7 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 48.9% ↗ | — | — |
| GPQA Diamond | not reported | 82.8% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | not reported | 72% ↗ | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | not reported | 11% ↗ | — | — |
| Aider Polyglot | not reported | 56.7% ↗ | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench | not reported | 59.3% ↗ | — | — |
| MMMU | not reported | 79.7% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Command R minus Gemini 2.5 Flash in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Command R | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128K tokens | 1.0M tokens | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Max output | 4K tokens | 66K tokens | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Input price / 1M | $0.15 ↗ | $0.3 ↗ | Command R |
| Output price / 1M | $0.6 ↗ | $2.5 ↗ | Command R |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.03 ↗ | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.75 | $2.8 | Command R |
| Modalities | text | text · vision · audio | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2025-06-17 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 1 | 9 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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