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Command R+ vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Command R+ and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct are closely matched at -0.1 and -3.1 on the LLM Stats Score.

Cohere · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Command R+ and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -0.1 and -3.1.

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

Choose Command R+

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2024

Choose Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

  • you are already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Command R+
Cohere
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-0.1
#314
-3.1
#331
Reasoning
-0.4
#309
-4.5
#328
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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Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Command R+ · 9 for Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

No common benchmarks found

Command R+ and Phi-3.5-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

99.8B diff

Command R+ has 99.8B more parameters than Phi-3.5-vision-instruct, making it 2376.2% larger.

Cohere
Command R+
104.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
4.2Bparameters
104.0B
Command R+
4.2B
Phi-3.5-vision-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
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Sep 03 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Command R+ does not.

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Command R+

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Command R+ is licensed under CC BY-NC, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct uses MIT.

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

Command R+

CC BY-NC

Open weights

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Command R+ was released on 2024-08-30, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Command R+ is 0 month newer than Phi-3.5-vision-instruct.

Command R+

Aug 30, 2024

2.0 years ago

1w newer
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

2.0 years ago

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 Phi-3.5-vision-instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Command R+
✓ Preferred
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Command R+ vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct.

Which is better, Command R+ or Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Command R+ and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at -0.1 and -3.1. Command R+ is made by Cohere and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Command R+ compare to Phi-3.5-vision-instruct in benchmarks?

Command R+ scores HellaSwag: 88.6%, Winogrande: 85.4%, MMLU: 75.7%, ARC-C: 71.0%, GSM8k: 70.7%. Phi-3.5-vision-instruct scores ScienceQA: 91.3%, POPE: 86.1%, MMBench: 81.9%, ChartQA: 81.8%, AI2D: 78.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Command R+ and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Command R+ supports 128K tokens and Phi-3.5-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 Command R+ and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-0.1 vs -3.1), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (CC BY-NC vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Command R+ and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Command R+ is developed by Cohere and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is developed by Microsoft.

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