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Command R+ vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Command R+ and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct are closely matched at -0.2 and 4.3 on the LLM Stats Score.

Cohere · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Command R+ and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -0.2 and 4.3.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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 Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Command R+
Cohere
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-0.2
#315
4.3
#291
Reasoning
-0.5
#310
4.4
#284
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 1
1 of 1
Input price
$0.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Command R+
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Math
-1.7#299
8.2#254
Finance
1.7#179
7.6#152
Legal
1.7#168
7.6#135
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Command R+ · 9 for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

1 shared

Command R+ outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MMLU).

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Mon Sep 07 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

80.0B diff

Command R+ has 80.0B more parameters than Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct, making it 333.3% larger.

Cohere
Command R+
104.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
24.0Bparameters
104.0B
Command R+
24.0B
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

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
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Sep 07 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Command R+ does not.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Command R+

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Command R+ is licensed under CC BY-NC, while Mistral Small 3.1 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 3.1 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 3.1 24B Instruct was released on 2025-03-17.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is 7 months newer than Command R+.

Command R+

Aug 30, 2024

2.0 years ago

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Mar 17, 2025

1.5 years ago

6mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Command R+ and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Command R+
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Command R+ vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct.

Which is better, Command R+ or Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Command R+ and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at -0.2 and 4.3. Command R+ is made by Cohere and Mistral Small 3.1 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 3.1 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 3.1 24B Instruct scores HumanEval: 88.4%, MMLU: 80.6%, TriviaQA: 80.5%, MBPP: 74.7%, MATH: 69.3%.

What are the context window sizes for Command R+ and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Command R+ supports 128K tokens and Mistral Small 3.1 24B 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 Command R+ and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-0.2 vs 4.3), multimodal support (no vs yes), 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 3.1 24B Instruct?

Command R+ is developed by Cohere and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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