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Command A vs GPT-4o (2024-05-13)

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 12 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

Command A
Cohere · profile
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
OpenAI · profile
Results compared
12
Shared sources
3

Command A or GPT-4o (2024-05-13)? The short answer

  • Command A is cheaper: $4.38 against $7.50 per million tokens, 42% less.
  • They score about the same on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (7.0 and 7.3).
  • On our business benchmarks, Command A ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge.
  • On our business benchmarks, GPT-4o (2024-05-13) ranks higher for writing.

At a glance

Command AGPT-4o (2024-05-13)
Price per million tokens$2.50 in · $10.00 out$5.00 in · $15.00 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$4.38$7.50
Cheapest host, blended–$7.50 (Azure)
Intelligence Index7.07.3
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second61–
Context window256,000 tokens128,000 tokens
WeightsOpenClosed
Developer based inCanadathe US

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.

Use caseCommand AGPT-4o (2024-05-13)
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 67 of 161 not measured
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 170 of 195 182 of 195
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 124 of 187 88 of 187
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 113 of 153 not measured

Every shared result

BenchmarkMetricCommand AGPT-4o (2024-05-13)
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,3511,322
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,3361,338
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,3441,311
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,3421,326
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,3541,346
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,3481,345
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 7.007.30
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 52.7%52.6%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 4.0%1.8%
UGI LeaderboardreportedRequested-length error% off the requested word count 21.0%12.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedStyle adherencescore from 0 to 1 0.350.33
UGI LeaderboardreportedWriting scorescore out of 100 40.663.4

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.

Quick answers

Is Command A better than GPT-4o (2024-05-13)?

It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, Command A ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge; GPT-4o (2024-05-13) ranks higher for writing.

Which is cheaper, Command A or GPT-4o (2024-05-13)?

Command A costs $4.38 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $7.50 for GPT-4o (2024-05-13).

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