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Beam 1.0 vs North Micro Vision Instruct

Beam 1.0 leads the LLM Stats Score 44.6 to -5.6.

Reflection AI · Cohere · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Beam 1.0 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 44.6 to -5.6, ranking #46 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Beam 1.0

  • overall performance matters — it scores 44.6 and ranks #46 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose North Micro Vision Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Cohere ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Beam 1.0
Reflection AI
North Micro Vision Instruct
Cohere
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
44.6
#46
-5.6
#381
Reasoning
45.5
#37
-8.2
#381
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.40 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.20 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Beam 1.0
North Micro Vision Instruct
Math
35.1#45
-12.7#339
Vision
15.9#105
-5.0#220
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

22 reported for Beam 1.0 · 19 for North Micro Vision Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Beam 1.0 and North Micro Vision Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

498.9B diff

Beam 1.0 has 498.9B more parameters than North Micro Vision Instruct, making it 20787.5% larger.

Reflection AI
Beam 1.0
501.3Bparameters
Cohere
North Micro Vision Instruct
2.4Bparameters
501.3B
Beam 1.0
2.4B
North Micro Vision Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Beam 1.0 specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Beam 1.0 specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Reflection AI
Beam 1.0
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Cohere
North Micro Vision Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Oct 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

North Micro Vision Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Beam 1.0 does not.

North Micro Vision Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Beam 1.0

Text
Images
Audio
Video

North Micro Vision Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Beam 1.0

Apache 2.0

Open weights

North Micro Vision Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Beam 1.0 was released on 2026-10-16, while North Micro Vision Instruct was released on 2026-08-12.

Beam 1.0 is 2 months newer than North Micro Vision Instruct.

Beam 1.0

Oct 16, 2026

6 days ago

2mo newer
North Micro Vision Instruct

Aug 12, 2026

2 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Beam 1.0 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-30, while North Micro Vision Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Beam 1.0's training data extends to 2026-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without North Micro Vision Instruct's cutoff date.

Beam 1.0

Jun 2026

North Micro Vision Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Beam 1.0 and North Micro Vision Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Beam 1.0
✓ Preferred
North Micro Vision Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Beam 1.0 vs North Micro Vision Instruct.

Which is better, Beam 1.0 or North Micro Vision Instruct?

Beam 1.0 leads the LLM Stats Score 44.6 to -5.6. Beam 1.0 is made by Reflection AI and North Micro Vision Instruct is made by Cohere. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Beam 1.0 compare to North Micro Vision Instruct in benchmarks?

Beam 1.0 scores AIME 2026: 97.7%, GPQA: 90.6%, LiveCodeBench: 88.3%, SWE-Bench Verified: 81.6%, MCP Atlas: 80.8%. North Micro Vision Instruct scores DocVQA: 92.1%, ChartQA: 80.8%, OCRBench: 79.2%, AI2D: 77.5%, IFEval: 74.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Beam 1.0 and North Micro Vision Instruct?

Beam 1.0 supports 1.0M tokens and North Micro Vision Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Beam 1.0 and North Micro Vision Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (44.6 vs -5.6), multimodal support (no vs yes). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Beam 1.0 and North Micro Vision Instruct?

Beam 1.0 is developed by Reflection AI and North Micro Vision Instruct is developed by Cohere.

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