Command A+ (Cohere) and Command R (08-2024) (Cohere) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.
Snapshot as of 23 September 2026
As of 23 September 2026, Command A+ holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#87 vs #221); Command R (08-2024) is 2.5× cheaper per output token ($0.60/1M vs $1.50/1M); and Command A+ offers the longer context window (192K vs 128K tokens).
Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.
Benchmark scores: Command A+ vs Command R (08-2024)
Public benchmark boards where Command A+ or Command R (08-2024) has a published result
Command A+ vs Command R (08-2024): common questions
Is Command A+ better than Command R (08-2024)?
Command A+ ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 23 September 2026: #87 against #221. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals do not overlap, but the aggregate Index does not predict performance on every task; compare the relevant benchmark configurations before choosing.
Is Command A+ cheaper than Command R (08-2024)?
Command R (08-2024) is cheaper on output tokens: $0.60/1M against $1.50/1M. Input tokens are $0.30/1M for Command A+ and $0.15/1M for Command R (08-2024). Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $1.35 for Command A+ versus $0.60 for Command R (08-2024). Command R (08-2024) costs 55.6% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
Which has the bigger context window, Command A+ or Command R (08-2024)?
Command A+ has the larger context window: 192K tokens against 128K.
Which is better for coding, Command A+ or Command R (08-2024)?
The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.
Are Command A+ and Command R (08-2024) open-weight models?
Command A+: API only. Command R (08-2024): API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.
Where can I run Command A+ and Command R (08-2024)?
ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Command A+ and 1 for Command R (08-2024), from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.
How current is this Command A+ vs Command R (08-2024) comparison?
Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 23 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.