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Command R+ vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Command R+ and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct are closely matched at -0.4 and 4.3 on the LLM Stats Score. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 7.6x cheaper per token.

Cohere · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Command R+ and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -0.4 and 4.3.

On price, Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is roughly 7.6x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.

Command R+ also accepts a larger context window (128,000 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.

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

Choose Command R+

  • you process long inputs — it offers a 128,000 token context window

Choose Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

  • cost matters — it's about 7.6x cheaper per token
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jan 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Command R+
Cohere
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-0.4
#326
4.3
#301
Reasoning
-0.7
#322
3.8
#296
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.25 / M
$0.05 / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
$0.08 / M
Context window
128,000
32,768

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Command R+
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Math
-2.2#307
6.9#266
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Command R+ · 8 for Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Command R+ and Mistral Small 3 24B 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

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Command R+ ($0.25/1M tokens) is 5.0x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.05/1M tokens).

For output processing, Command R+ ($1.00/1M tokens) is 12.5x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.08/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Command R+ is more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
Wed Sep 09 2026 • llm-stats.com
Cohere
Command R+
Input tokens$0.25
Output tokens$1.00
Best providerCohere
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input tokens$0.05
Output tokens$0.08
Best providerDeepinfra
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

80.0B diff

Command R+ has 80.0B more parameters than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct, making it 333.3% larger.

Cohere
Command R+
104.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
24.0Bparameters
104.0B
Command R+
24.0B
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Command R+ accepts 128,000 input tokens compared to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's 32,768 tokens. Command R+ can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is limited to 32,768 tokens.

Cohere
Command R+
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input32,768 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
Wed Sep 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Command R+ is licensed under CC BY-NC, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Command R+

CC BY-NC

Open weights

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Command R+ was released on 2024-08-30, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct was released on 2025-01-30.

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 5 months newer than Command R+.

Command R+

Aug 30, 2024

2.0 years ago

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Jan 30, 2025

1.6 years ago

5mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Command R+'s cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Command R+'s cutoff date.

Command R+

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Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Provider Availability

Command R+ is available from Cohere, Bedrock. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Mistral AI.

Command R+

cohere logo
Cohere
Input Price:Input: $0.25/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.00/1M
bedrock logo
AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $3.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $15.00/1M

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

deepinfra logo
Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.05/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.08/1M
mistral logo
Mistral
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.30/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Command R+ and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Command R+
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Command R+ vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.

Which is better, Command R+ or Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Command R+ and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at -0.4 and 4.3. Command R+ is made by Cohere and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Command R+ compare to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct in benchmarks?

Command R+ scores HellaSwag: 88.6%, Winogrande: 85.4%, MMLU: 75.7%, ARC-C: 71.0%, GSM8k: 70.7%. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct scores Arena Hard: 87.6%, HumanEval: 84.8%, MT-Bench: 83.5%, IFEval: 82.9%, MATH: 70.6%.

Is Command R+ cheaper than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 5.0x cheaper for input tokens. Command R+ costs $0.25/M input and $1.00/M output via cohere. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct costs $0.05/M input and $0.08/M output via deepinfra.

What are the context window sizes for Command R+ and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Command R+ supports 128K tokens and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct supports 33K 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 Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-0.4 vs 4.3), context window (128K vs 33K), input pricing ($0.25 vs $0.05/M), licensing (CC BY-NC vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Command R+ and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Command R+ is developed by Cohere and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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