Command R+ vs Nova Pro Comparison

Comparing Command R+ and Nova Pro across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Command R+ outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Nova Pro is better at 3 benchmarks (ARC-C, GSM8k, MMLU).

Nova Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Command R+ costs less

For input processing, Command R+ ($0.25/1M tokens) is 3.2x cheaper than Nova Pro ($0.80/1M tokens).

For output processing, Command R+ ($1.00/1M tokens) is 3.2x cheaper than Nova Pro ($3.20/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Nova Pro is more expensive than Command R+.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Command R+

Input tokens$0.25

Output tokens$1.00

Best providerCohere

Nova Pro

Input tokens$0.80

Output tokens$3.20

Best providerAWS Bedrock

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Nova Pro accepts 300,000 input tokens compared to Command R+'s 128,000 tokens. Nova Pro can generate longer responses up to 300,000 tokens, while Command R+ is limited to 128,000 tokens.

Command R+

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

Nova Pro

Input300,000 tokens

Output300,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Nova Pro supports multimodal inputs, whereas Command R+ does not.

Nova Pro can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Command R+

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Nova Pro

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Command R+ is licensed under CC BY-NC, while Nova Pro uses a proprietary license.

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

Command R+

CC BY-NC

Open weights

Nova Pro

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Command R+ was released on 2024-08-30, while Nova Pro was released on 2024-11-20.

Nova Pro is 3 months newer than Command R+.

Command R+

Aug 30, 2024

1.5 years ago

Nova Pro

Nov 20, 2024

1.3 years ago

2mo 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

Provider Availability

Command R+ is available from Cohere, Bedrock. Nova Pro is available from Bedrock. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.