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Command A vs Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Command A (Cohere) and Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (NVIDIA) 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 15 September 2026

As of 15 September 2026, Command A holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#124 vs #128).

Which should you choose?

Choose Command A if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #124 against #128 (34.9 vs 34.0 points).
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.
  • BFCL V4 is your yardstick — 46.5 against 10.0.

Choose Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 was listed 7 April 2025, Command A 13 March 2025.

Command A vs Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Command A and Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
FieldCommand ACohereLlama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1NVIDIA
ModelCap Index position#124#128
Index score34.934.0
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$2.50Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$10.00Unlisted
Context window256K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens8K—
API providers listed10
Weight accessGated accessRestricted license
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed13 March 20257 April 2025
PublisherCohereNVIDIA

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Command A vs Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Public benchmark boards where Command A or Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a published result
BoardCommand ALlama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13891383–1395—Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)46.5Function calling10.0Function callingCommand A
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis15.2%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Command A":reasoning=false—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis4.0%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Command A":reasoning=false—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Command A vs Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1: common questions

Is Command A better than Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Command A ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 15 September 2026: #124 against #128. 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 overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Command A cheaper than Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Command A or Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Both publish a 256K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Command A or Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

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 Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 open-weight models?

Command A: Gated access. Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1: Restricted license. 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 Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Command A and 0 for Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Command A vs Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 15 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.

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