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Command R+ vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Command R+ and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 are closely matched at -0.2 and 5.0 on the LLM Stats Score.

Cohere · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Command R+ and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -0.2 and 5.0.

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

Choose Command R+

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.25/M input and $1.00/M output

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Command R+
Cohere
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-0.2
#315
5.0
#289
Reasoning
-0.5
#310
5.6
#282
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Command R+
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Math
-1.7#299
9.0#248
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Command R+ · 7 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

No common benchmarks found

Command R+ and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1don'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

96.0B diff

Command R+ has 96.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1, making it 1200.0% larger.

Cohere
Command R+
104.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
8.0Bparameters
104.0B
Command R+
8.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Command R+ specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Command R+ specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Cohere
Command R+
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Sep 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Command R+ is licensed under CC BY-NC, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Command R+

CC BY-NC

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Command R+ was released on 2024-08-30, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 was released on 2025-03-18.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is 7 months newer than Command R+.

Command R+

Aug 30, 2024

2.0 years ago

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mar 18, 2025

1.5 years ago

6mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Command R+'s cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Command R+'s cutoff date.

Command R+

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Command R+ and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Command R+
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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
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FAQ

Common questions about Command R+ vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1.

Which is better, Command R+ or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Command R+ and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at -0.2 and 5.0. Command R+ is made by Cohere and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Command R+ compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 in benchmarks?

Command R+ scores HellaSwag: 88.6%, Winogrande: 85.4%, MMLU: 75.7%, ARC-C: 71.0%, GSM8k: 70.7%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 scores MATH-500: 95.4%, MBPP: 84.6%, MT-Bench: 81.0%, IFEval: 79.3%, BFCL v2: 63.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Command R+ and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Command R+ supports 128K tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 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 Command R+ and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-0.2 vs 5.0), licensing (CC BY-NC vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Command R+ and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Command R+ is developed by Cohere and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is developed by NVIDIA.

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