Is Command R+ (08-2024) a good deal?
Whether anything in this catalogue beats Command R+ (08-2024) on both quality and price, and what you give up if it does. A computation on the current catalogue, not an opinion.
12 undominated of 145 · Oct 6, 2026
As of Oct 6, 2026, Command R+ (08-2024) is dominated for Balanced on LMArena. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores 268.1 higher and costs 31% less, with a covering envelope. 12 of 145 rated, priced standard models are undominated.
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Gemini 3.8 Flash is both better and cheaper than Command R+ (08-2024): 268.1 points higher on LMArena and 31% less per million tokens, $1.38 cheaper at this mix.
LMArena Elo · higher is better
Scale starts at 1040 Elo
1228.9
Effective $/M · Balanced · lower is better
$4.38/M
LMArena Elo · higher is better
Scale starts at 1040 Elo
1497.0
Effective $/M · Balanced · lower is better
$3.00/M
Command R+ (08-2024) takes text, returns up to 4,000 tokens from a 128,000-token context, and is listed by 1 seller.
Compared against 145 rated, priced models on this lens: 110 models dominate it and give up nothing, 5 more dominate it but give something up. Command R+ (08-2024) scores 1228.9 at $4.38 per million tokens for this mix.
Envelope-safe replacements
Each row scores at least as high, costs no more, and covers this model’s context, output, modalities, tools, and reasoning. A cheaper narrower model is not listed here.
| Model | LMArena | Effective $/M | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | 1497.0 +268.1 | $3.00/M | 31% |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | 1491.0 +262.1 | $0.540/M | 88% |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | 1489.9 +261.0 | $2.00/M | 54% |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | 1487.0 +258.1 | $3.00/M | 31% |
| Muse Spark 1.2 | 1483.2 +254.3 | $2.00/M | 54% |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | 1479.5 +250.6 | $1.50/M | 66% |
| Muse Spark 1.1 | 1479.2 +250.3 | $2.00/M | 54% |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1477.7 +248.8 | $3.38/M | 23% |
| Kimi K3 | 1475.9 +247.0 | $3.76/M | 14% |
| GLM 5.3 | 1471.4 +242.5 | $1.00/M | 77% |
| GLM 5.2 | 1470.4 +241.5 | $1.12/M | 74% |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | 1469.6 +240.7 | $0.238/M | 95% |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 1466.6 +237.7 | $4.00/M | 9% |
| MiMo-V2.5-Pro | 1465.0 +236.1 | $0.544/M | 88% |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 1462.5 +233.6 | $0.182/M | 96% |
| GLM 5.1 | 1461.5 +232.6 | $1.83/M | 58% |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | 1457.8 +228.9 | $3.44/M | 21% |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | 1456.4 +227.5 | $0.175/M | 96% |
| Kimi K2.6 | 1455.5 +226.6 | $0.961/M | 78% |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | 1454.6 +225.7 | $0.560/M | 87% |
| Grok 4.5 | 1448.1 +219.2 | $3.00/M | 31% |
| Qwen3.6 Max Preview | 1446.8 +217.9 | $2.31/M | 47% |
| GLM 5 | 1446.3 +217.4 | $1.09/M | 75% |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | 1445.6 +216.7 | $4.00/M | 9% |
| Kimi K2.5 | 1445.2 +216.3 | $1.20/M | 73% |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | 1445.2 +216.3 | $1.21/M | 72% |
| Gemma 4 31B | 1443.4 +214.5 | $0.205/M | 95% |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | 1442.9 +214.0 | $4.00/M | 9% |
| Inkling | 1441.8 +212.9 | $1.73/M | 61% |
| Hy3 | 1440.7 +211.8 | $0.231/M | 95% |
| Qwen3.8 27B | 1440.7 +211.8 | $0.562/M | 87% |
| GLM 4.6 | 1439.9 +211.0 | $0.760/M | 83% |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | 1438.0 +209.1 | $0.878/M | 80% |
| GLM 5V Turbo | 1437.2 +208.3 | $1.90/M | 57% |
| Qwen3.6 Plus | 1436.7 +207.8 | $0.731/M | 83% |
| GLM 4.7 | 1435.5 +206.6 | $0.738/M | 83% |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | 1434.7 +205.8 | $0.850/M | 81% |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | 1433.9 +205.0 | $0.127/M | 97% |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | 1432.1 +203.2 | $0.113/M | 97% |
| MiniMax M3 | 1432.1 +203.2 | $0.485/M | 89% |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | 1431.0 +202.1 | $0.450/M | 90% |
| GLM 4.5 | 1430.3 +201.4 | $1.00/M | 77% |
| R1 0528 | 1427.9 +199.0 | $0.920/M | 79% |
| MiMo-V2.5 | 1427.5 +198.6 | $0.175/M | 96% |
| Grok 4.6 | 1427.4 +198.5 | $3.00/M | 31% |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | 1424.5 +195.6 | $0.290/M | 93% |
| DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | 1422.4 +193.5 | $0.305/M | 93% |
| GPT-5.1 | 1422.2 +193.3 | $3.44/M | 21% |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | 1421.2 +192.3 | $3.00/M | 31% |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | 1420.1 +191.2 | $0.370/M | 92% |
| DeepSeek V3.1 | 1419.7 +190.8 | $0.453/M | 90% |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | 1419.3 +190.4 | $0.205/M | 95% |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | 1417.3 +188.4 | $0.268/M | 94% |
| DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | 1417.1 +188.2 | $0.453/M | 90% |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | 1417.1 +188.2 | $0.715/M | 84% |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | 1417.0 +188.1 | $0.850/M | 81% |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | 1415.7 +186.8 | $0.563/M | 87% |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | 1415.2 +186.3 | $0.748/M | 83% |
| Inkling Small | 1413.7 +184.8 | $0.638/M | 85% |
| Qwen3 Max | 1412.4 +183.5 | $1.56/M | 64% |
| GPT-5.4 Mini | 1411.4 +182.5 | $1.69/M | 61% |
| o3 | 1409.9 +181.0 | $3.50/M | 20% |
| Qwen3.5-27B | 1408.9 +180.0 | $0.536/M | 88% |
| GPT-5 | 1406.1 +177.2 | $3.44/M | 21% |
| MiniMax M2.7 | 1404.6 +175.7 | $0.525/M | 88% |
| Step 3.5 Flash | 1403.0 +174.1 | $0.150/M | 97% |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | 1400.7 +171.8 | $1.30/M | 70% |
| Grok 4.7 | 1399.9 +171.0 | $3.00/M | 31% |
| Qwen3.5-Flash | 1397.0 +168.1 | $0.114/M | 97% |
| Grok 4.3 | 1396.7 +167.8 | $1.56/M | 64% |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1396.1 +167.2 | $2.00/M | 54% |
| GPT-6 Sol | 1395.4 +166.5 | $4.00/M | 9% |
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 1394.4 +165.5 | $0.355/M | 92% |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1391.5 +162.6 | $0.200/M | 95% |
| Solar Pro 4 | 1386.2 +157.3 | $0.525/M | 88% |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | 1384.1 +155.2 | $0.143/M | 97% |
| GLM 4.5 Air | 1383.9 +155.0 | $0.310/M | 93% |
| GPT-4.1 | 1383.0 +154.1 | $3.50/M | 20% |
| GLM 4.6V | 1376.8 +147.9 | $0.450/M | 90% |
| DeepSeek V3 0324 | 1375.0 +146.1 | $0.438/M | 90% |
| GPT-5 Mini | 1373.2 +144.3 | $0.688/M | 84% |
| GPT-5.4 Nano | 1372.1 +143.2 | $0.463/M | 89% |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | 1368.3 +139.4 | $0.413/M | 91% |
| Qwen3 235B A22B | 1366.6 +137.7 | $0.796/M | 82% |
| gpt-oss-120b | 1365.4 +136.5 | $0.065/M | 99% |
| Nova 2 Lite | 1361.8 +132.9 | $0.850/M | 81% |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1359.3 +130.4 | $0.521/M | 88% |
| Gemma 3 27B | 1357.8 +128.9 | $0.100/M | 98% |
| Mercury 2 | 1355.2 +126.3 | $0.375/M | 91% |
| o4 Mini | 1353.2 +124.3 | $1.93/M | 56% |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | 1350.9 +122.0 | $0.145/M | 97% |
| MiniMax M1 | 1342.8 +113.9 | $0.850/M | 81% |
| GPT-4.1 Mini | 1340.4 +111.5 | $0.700/M | 84% |
| Qwen3 32B | 1340.1 +111.2 | $0.130/M | 97% |
| Trinity Large Thinking | 1340.0 +111.1 | $0.388/M | 91% |
| MiniMax M2 | 1339.9 +111.0 | $0.525/M | 88% |
| o3 Mini High | 1336.6 +107.7 | $1.93/M | 56% |
| Gemma 3 12B | 1334.2 +105.3 | $0.075/M | 98% |
| DeepSeek V3 | 1332.5 +103.6 | $0.500/M | 89% |
| GPT-5 Nano | 1320.0 +91.1 | $0.138/M | 97% |
| o3 Mini | 1319.4 +90.5 | $1.93/M | 56% |
| Granite 4.2 8B | 1317.8 +88.9 | $0.108/M | 98% |
| Qwen3 30B A3B | 1316.6 +87.7 | $0.215/M | 95% |
| gpt-oss-20b | 1287.7 +58.8 | $0.036/M | 99% |
| GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | 1286.4 +57.5 | $0.263/M | 94% |
| GPT-4.1 Nano | 1284.8 +55.9 | $0.175/M | 96% |
| GPT-4o (2024-08-06) | 1282.5 +53.6 | $4.38/M | 0% |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | 1274.1 +45.2 | $0.201/M | 95% |
| Mistral Large 2407 | 1266.1 +37.2 | $3.00/M | 31% |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | 1260.9 +32.0 | $0.720/M | 84% |
Higher score, lower price, named losses
Not a drop-in. The loss is why these are not a recommendation.
| Model | LMArena | Effective $/M | You give up |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 1372.7 | $1.15/M | context |
| GLM 4.5V | 1332.8 | $0.900/M | context |
| Gemma 3 4B | 1290.8 | $0.063/M | tools |
| Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | 1269.0 | $0.370/M | context |
| Mistral Small 3 | 1233.6 | $0.058/M | context, tools |
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