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Command A vs UI Mate 9B

Command A (Cohere) and UI Mate 9B (Tencent) 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 18 August 2026

As of 18 August 2026, Command A holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#88 vs #91); and UI Mate 9B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Command A if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #88 against #91 (27.5 vs 27.4 points).
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.

Choose UI Mate 9B if…

  • you want to self-host: UI Mate 9B ships open weights while Command A is gated access.
  • you want the more recently listed model — UI Mate 9B was listed 14 August 2026, Command A 13 March 2025.

Command A vs UI Mate 9B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Command A and UI Mate 9B
FieldCommand ACohereUI Mate 9BTencent
ModelCap Index position#88#91
Index score27.527.4
EvidenceMeasuredInherited
Input price / 1M tokens$2.50Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$10.00Unlisted
Context window256K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens8K—
API providers listed10
Weight accessGated accessOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
First listed13 March 202514 August 2026
PublisherCohereTencent

Evidence: 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards · finetune · finetune. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Command A vs UI Mate 9B

Public benchmark boards where Command A or UI Mate 9B has a published result
BoardCommand AUI Mate 9BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13901383–1396—Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)46.5Function calling—Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis7.5intelligence-index—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 UI Mate 9B: common questions

Is Command A better than UI Mate 9B?

Command A ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 18 August 2026: #88 against #91. 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.

Is Command A cheaper than UI Mate 9B?

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 UI Mate 9B?

Both publish a 256K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Command A or UI Mate 9B?

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 UI Mate 9B open-weight models?

Command A: Gated access. UI Mate 9B: Open weights. 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 UI Mate 9B?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Command A and 0 for UI Mate 9B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Command A vs UI Mate 9B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 18 August 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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