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Command A

Arena #215Official publisher releaseGated access7d #158 → #163

Cohere·#163 of 352 on the current board·cheaper than #68 o3 Pro

Command A is a language model from Cohere. It ranks #163 of 352 on ModelCap's current board, with an Index score of 39.7, measured on 2 public benchmarks. Its score range of 34.7–44.7 spans positions #148–#204. It is listed at $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens from one provider. It reads up to 256K tokens of context, and its weights are downloadable after an access request.

Figures as of 6 Nov 2026, 13:52 UTC · download the public dataset · methodology

ModelCap Index · Current board
39.7#163
Measured on 2 public benchmarks · range 34.7–44.7
Evidence as of 28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Market Gravity
18.1Increased by 0.2
Secondary market signal
Input
$2.50
per 1M tokens
Output
$10.00
per 1M tokens
Context
256K
tokens
Providers
1
endpoint

Providers

Uptime measured over the last 30 minutes
ProviderInputOutputContextQuantUptime
Cohere$2.50$10.00256K——

Hugging Face Inference Providers

Exact repository identity

Provider economics and telemetry published by the Hugging Face Router. These are operational signals, not benchmark results.

ProviderInputOutputContextTTFTThroughputFeatures
cohere
live · model author
———289 ms16.9 tok/stools · structured

Reported evaluation leads (1)

Not independent measurement

Structured rows reported in this exact model repository at the pinned revision below. They are the publisher talking about itself: never measured evidence, never a score input on their own. They remain quarantined until dataset revision, harness, configuration and identity pass ModelCap’s independent admission review.

Dataset / taskMetricValueRevisionProvenance
Idavidrein/gpqa
diamond
—50.5051
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined

ModelCap Index · Current board

Methodology
39.7
Measured on 2 public benchmarks
Current board
#163 of 352
Score range
34.7–44.7
Rank range
#148–#204
Evidence as of
28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Benchmarks used
Arena Coding, Arena Overall
Technical details
Public rank basis
Measured (measured)
Evidence label
Measured · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
Index support
62.9% · strong
Identity binding
Exact catalogue product · cohere/cohere/command-a · aggregates disclosed benchmark configurations · endpoint configuration not claimed · artifact metadata CohereForAI/c4ai-command-a-03-2025@066daaa11d57404b07cc650d1068936d31431979 (not the evaluation revision)
Index observations used
2
Qualified Index evidence point
39.7
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only

BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.

Observed capability
39.7
Evidence status
confirmed · 77% mass
General preference
39.8
Coding
39.2
Agents & tools
—
Reasoning
—
Evidence breadth
92%
Evidence coverage
63%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
2.7
Liquidity (providers × uptime)
34.4
Open reach (HF downloads)
—
Surface (context / tools / modalities)
30.1
Freshness
10.1
  • · OpenRouter popularity #289
  • · 1 live provider
  • · Catalogue: context 256000
  • · First seen 2025-03-13

These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.

BES evidence selected · measured input only

The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.

Deployment readiness

Metadata index
72.1
partial · 89% metadata coverage
Not capability
Artifact reproducibility
85.0
Access & legal clarity
68.3
Deployability
74.0
Evaluation provenance
53.9

Not yet published: the base model it derives from, a link to the licence terms, pinned evaluation dataset versions.

A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.

Market activity

Venue coverage
Market Gravity
18.1
OpenRouter weekly popularity
#289 of 339

Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.

Arena preference

Status
Ranked
Source
LMArena
Official rank
#215 of 419
Rating
1353.7
95% confidence interval
1350–1357
Votes
56K
Source published at
28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Category
overall
Identity match confidence
99%

Market Gravity breakdown

Usage55%
2.7

OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.

Liquidity25%
34.4

Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.

Open reach15%
50.0

Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.

Freshness5%
10.1

Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.

Specification

Model ID
cohere/command-a
Context window
256K tokens
Declared output cap
8K tokens

OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. OpenRouter metadata

Inputs
Text
Outputs
Text
Tokenizer
Other
Cached input tokens
Not offered
First seen on OpenRouter
13 Mar 2025
Knowledge cutoff
2024-08-31

Capabilities

  • Not supported: Reasoning
  • Not supported: Tool use
  • Supported: Structured output
  • Supported: Response format
  • Supported: Moderated

Weights & access

Gated access. The weights are hosted behind an access request or acceptance step. Review the publisher's access requirements and license before use or redistribution.

Access
Gated access
Pinned revision
066daaa11d57
Parameters
111.1B
Architecture
Cohere2ForCausalLM
Model type
cohere2
Hugging Face downloads (30d)
2K
Downloads (all time)
127K
Likes
397
Repository updated
30 Oct 2025, 06:37 UTC

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Benchmark leaderboards featuring Command A

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Public benchmark boards on which Command A has a published result
LeaderboardScoreSource rankConfigurationPublished
Arena text leaderboardArena (LMArena)13541350–1357#215 of 419Not reported28 Oct 2026
Arena coding leaderboardArena (LMArena)13881382–1395#227 of 414Default28 Oct 2026
BFCL V4 function-calling leaderboardUC Berkeley (Gorilla)46.5#27 of 83Function calling12 Apr 2026

Alternatives to Command A, by the numbers

Ranked neighbours

Models within 3 places of #163 on the ModelCap Index.

Cheaper at a similar or higher Index

Index score within 3 points of, or above, this model's, with a lower listed blended price (3:1 input:output).

Other ranked Cohere models

The same publisher's other current models with a public Index position.

Command A: common questions

How does Command A rank among AI models?

Command A holds ModelCap Index position #163 of 352 ranked language models as of 6 November 2026, with an Index score of 39.7 (interval 34.7–44.7); evidence: measured. The Index combines public benchmark boards with published uncertainty; the methodology page explains the weighting.

How much does Command A cost per 1M tokens?

Command A is listed at $2.50 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens as of 6 November 2026. Prices come from the OpenRouter catalogue and re-observe on every refresh. For 1,000 requests using 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, the listed rates imply $10.00 total (2M input + 0.5M output). This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the chosen endpoint's rate and limits before budgeting.

What is the context window of Command A?

Command A has a published context window of 256K tokens (256,000). The snapshot lists a 8,192 token catalogue-declared route output cap. OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. The providers table lists each endpoint's context limit.

Is Command A open-weight?

Gated access (cc-by-nc-4.0). The weights are hosted behind an access request or acceptance step. Review the publisher's access requirements and license before use or redistribution. The repository is CohereForAI/c4ai-command-a-03-2025 on Hugging Face.

Which API providers serve Command A?

One provider serves Command A through OpenRouter as of 6 November 2026: Cohere. Each provider's price, context limit, quantization and measured uptime are in the providers table above.

Which benchmarks has Command A been evaluated on?

Command A has published results on 3 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 6 November 2026: Arena text 1354 (#215 of 419), Arena coding 1388 (#227 of 414) and BFCL V4 46.5 (#27 of 83). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark. The ModelCap Index scores the results its methodology admits, with published uncertainty, and shows reference boards without scoring them.

How does Command A compare with Command R+ (08-2024)?

Command A ranks #163 (Index 39.7) and Command R+ (08-2024) ranks #279 (Index 22.2) on the ModelCap Index as of 6 November 2026. The head-to-head page lines up their benchmarks, listed prices, context windows and provider counts side by side.

When was Command A released?

Command A first appeared in the catalogue on 13 Mar 2025, with a published knowledge cutoff of 2024-08-31. It is the current version in its family. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.