Overview
Command R is Cohere's efficient model optimized for production RAG workflows. It delivers strong performance at lower cost and latency than Command R+, ideal for high-volume enterprise applications.
Parameters
35B
Context
128K tokens
Languages
10+ languages
Latency
~60ms
✅Strengths
- ✓Cost-effective for high-volume RAG
- ✓Fast response times
- ✓Strong multilingual support
- ✓Accurate citation and grounding
- ✓Enterprise security and compliance
⚠️Weaknesses
- ✗Less capable than Command R+ on complex tasks
- ✗API-only (no self-hosting)
- ✗Smaller ecosystem than major providers
- ✗May struggle with highly specialized domains
Best Use Cases
💬 Chatbots
Customer support
📚 RAG
Knowledge bases
🌐 Translation
Multilingual apps
📊 Classification
Sentiment, topics
📝 Summarization
Documents
🔍 Search
Semantic search
Benchmarks
MMLU75.8%
RAG Benchmarks86.4%
Multilingual83.2%