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Aya Expanse 8B

Aya Expanse 8B is a Cohere open-weights model, released 24 Oct 2024. It is not yet ranked: 4 independent results so far, and the index needs at least five across two categories. Last measured 22 Oct 2026.

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Released
24 Oct 2024
How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.
  1. Reasoning36
  2. Coding36
  3. Maths36
  4. Human preference36

Benchmark results

See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

Benchmarknot statedSourceTrend
Arena Hard Prompts1230#301Arena (LMArena)

Coding

Benchmarknot statedSourceTrend
Arena Coding1255#303Arena (LMArena)

Maths

Benchmarknot statedSourceTrend
Arena Maths1201#297Arena (LMArena)

Instruction following

Benchmarknot statedSourceTrend
Arena Instruction Followingnot in index1205#301Arena (LMArena)

Human preference

Benchmarknot statedSourceTrend
Arena Text1223#301Arena (LMArena)
Arena Creative Writingnot in index1189#301Arena (LMArena)
Arena Multi-turnnot in index1200#298Arena (LMArena)
Arena Longer Queriesnot in index1249#290Arena (LMArena)

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Questions people ask

Why does Aya Expanse 8B have no BenchLeader Index score?
The index needs at least five independent results across at least two categories; as of 25 Oct 2026 Aya Expanse 8B has 4 that count. Launch-post scores are never used, so it is ranked once independent publishers have measured it.
When was Aya Expanse 8B released?
Cohere released Aya Expanse 8B on 24 Oct 2024.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.

Cite as: BenchLeader, “Aya Expanse 8B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 25 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/aya-expanse-8b.