Cohere

Command A — Benchmark Scores, Pricing & Performance Analysis

FLAGSHIPCohere
Chatbot Arena ELO
1250
Output Speed
70 tok/s
Input Cost
$2.5/1M
Output Cost
$10.0/1M
Context Window
256K
Max Output
8K
Knowledge Cutoff
Aug 2024
Accepts
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Command A is an AI model by Cohere. View detailed benchmark scores, pricing data, and performance metrics on Serenities AI Models.

Specifications last checked against the provider on . Benchmark scores carry their own source, linked beside each number.

General Benchmarks

MMLU-Pro
68.0%46th of 66

Massive Multitask Language Understanding professional benchmark

HuggingFace Leaderboard
AA Intelligence Index
13.949th of 66

Artificial Analysis composite intelligence score across 10 sub-benchmarks

Artificial Analysis (via OpenRouter)
Chatbot Arena ELO
125054th of 74

Human preference ELO from blind head-to-head votes

LMSYS / HuggingFace

Coding Benchmarks

LiveCodeBench
35.0%48th of 66

Live competitive programming benchmark

livecodebench.github.io
HumanEval+
78.0%48th of 66

Code generation correctness with extended tests

Papers
SWE-bench Verified
32.0%46th of 67

Real-world software engineering task resolution

swebench.com
AA Coding Index
27.869th of 96

Artificial Analysis composite coding score

Artificial Analysis (via OpenRouter)

Math Benchmarks

GSM8K
88.0%47th of 66

Grade school math word problems

Papers
MATH
72.0%45th of 66

Competition mathematics problem solving

Papers

Reasoning Benchmarks

ARC-AGI
15.0%48th of 66

Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus for general intelligence

arcprize.org
GPQA Diamond
45.0%119th of 140

Graduate-level science Q&A by domain experts

Papers
AA Agentic Index
3.653rd of 70

Artificial Analysis composite score for multi-step tool-using tasks

Artificial Analysis (via OpenRouter)

Speed Benchmarks

Time to First Token
400 ms40th of 92

Latency before first token arrives

Aggregated
Output Speed
70 tok/s51st of 94

Tokens generated per second

Aggregated

Cost Benchmarks

Input Cost
$2.5361st of 413

Cost per 1M input tokens

OpenRouter API
Output Cost
$10.0335th of 413

Cost per 1M output tokens

OpenRouter API

Context Benchmarks

Context Length
256K156th of 451

Maximum context window size

OpenRouter API
RULER
76.5%13th of 13

Long-context understanding and retrieval accuracy at depth

Papers

Available from 6 providers

The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. You can bring your own key for 4 of these — connect it here.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MCached inContextYour key
Azure$2.5$10—131KSupported
Azure Cognitive Services$2.5$10—131K—
Cohere$2.5$10—256KSupported
Eden AI$2.5$10—288K—
OpenRouter$2.5$10—256KSupported
Vercel AI Gateway$2.5$10—256KSupported

Command A — Benchmark Scores Overview

Scores normalized to percentage scale for visual comparison. ELO scores mapped to 0-100 range (1100-1500).

Command A — Frequently Asked Questions

How intelligent is Command A?

Command A scores 1250 on the Chatbot Arena ELO rating, making it a mid-tier AI model. This score is based on blind head-to-head human preference voting.

How much does Command A cost?

Command A costs $2.5 per 1M input tokens and $10.0 per 1M output tokens. This is mid-range pricing for its capability level.

How fast is Command A?

Command A generates output at 70 tokens per second, which is slower, prioritizing quality over speed compared to other models. The time to first token is 400 ms.

How good is Command A at coding?

Command A achieves 32.0% on SWE-bench Verified, demonstrating moderate real-world software engineering capability. This benchmark tests the model's ability to resolve actual GitHub issues.

How good is Command A at math and reasoning?

Command A scores 72.0% on the MATH benchmark (competition-level mathematics). It also achieves 45.0% on GPQA Diamond, a graduate-level science reasoning benchmark.

What is the context window of Command A?

Command A has a context window of 256K tokens. This determines how much text, conversation history, and code the model can process in a single request.

Who created Command A?

Command A was created by Cohere. It is classified as a flagship model in our catalogue.

Is Command A open source?

No, Command A is a proprietary model. It is available through Cohere's API and compatible providers.