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Command A vs GPT-4o-mini

Command A (Cohere) and GPT-4o-mini (OpenAI) 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 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, GPT-4o-mini holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#117 vs #118); GPT-4o-mini is 16.7× cheaper per output token ($0.60/1M vs $10.00/1M); and Command A offers the longer context window (256K vs 128K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Command A if…

  • you need the longer context window — 256K tokens against 128K.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Command A was listed 13 March 2025, GPT-4o-mini 18 July 2024.

Choose GPT-4o-mini if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #117 against #118 (35.0 vs 34.3 points).
  • API cost matters — $0.60/1M output tokens against $10.00/1M, about 16.7× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.15/1M against $2.50/1M.
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 1.
  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 4.2% against 4.0%.

Command A vs GPT-4o-mini: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Command A and GPT-4o-mini
FieldCommand ACohereGPT-4o-miniOpenAI
ModelCap Index position#118#117
Index score34.335.0
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$2.50$0.15
Output price / 1M tokens$10.00$0.60
Context window256K tokens128K tokens
Max output tokens8K16K
API providers listed12
Weight accessGated accessAPI only
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, File
First listed13 March 202518 July 2024
PublisherCohereOpenAI

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · publisher-corpus-prior over 182 held-out anchors (61%); 1 specialist-board observation at 2.1% support (40%); shrunk 22.1 up toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Command A vs GPT-4o-mini

Public benchmark boards where Command A or GPT-4o-mini has a published result
BoardCommand AGPT-4o-miniLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13891383–1396—Only one result
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation—0.0%Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)46.5Function calling—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis—5.6%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="GPT-4o mini":reasoning=falseOnly one result
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=false4.2%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="GPT-4o mini":reasoning=falseGPT-4o-mini

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 GPT-4o-mini: common questions

Is Command A better than GPT-4o-mini?

GPT-4o-mini ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #117 against #118. 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 GPT-4o-mini?

GPT-4o-mini is cheaper on output tokens: $0.60/1M against $10.00/1M. Input tokens are $2.50/1M for Command A and $0.15/1M for GPT-4o-mini. 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 $10.00 for Command A versus $0.60 for GPT-4o-mini. GPT-4o-mini costs 94.0% 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 GPT-4o-mini?

Command A has the larger context window: 256K tokens against 128K.

Which is better for coding, Command A or GPT-4o-mini?

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 GPT-4o-mini open-weight models?

Command A: Gated access. GPT-4o-mini: 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 GPT-4o-mini?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Command A and 2 for GPT-4o-mini, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Command A vs GPT-4o-mini comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 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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