Noometry

Model comparison

Command A vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Command A Cohere

35.9

Rank #212 Confirmed

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

50.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 46.2 to 17.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 47% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 256K.

Side by side

Command ADeepSeek V4.1 Flash
ProviderCohereDeepSeek
Noometry Index35.950.3
Released2025-03-132026-09-09
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window256K1M
Max output8K393K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.15
Output $ / M tokens$10$0.60
Results tracked2425

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 26.8 (#317), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.8 (#29)

BenchmarkCommand ADeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Coding13311511
Aider Polyglot12%—
LMArena WebDev—1620
SciCode—51.9%
ALE-Bench—1,092

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command A: 35.7 (#36), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: —

BenchmarkCommand ADeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard57.1%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 17.7 (#276), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 46.2 (#39)

BenchmarkCommand ADeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts13261485
DTBench61.3%89.9%
LMCA10.3%47%
Kagi LLM Benchmark28.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)—89.6%
CritPt—14.3%
Surface Evolver Bench—46.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—155.01

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 33.5 (#172), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 48.4 (#52)

BenchmarkCommand ADeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Math13001493
ProofBench—54%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 36.5 (#157), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 41.6 (#97)

BenchmarkCommand ADeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Expert12951505
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 45.5 (#166), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.5 (#29)

BenchmarkCommand ADeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Non-English13131452
LMArena Chinese13271506
LMArena French13521448
LMArena Russian13141473
LMArena Spanish13461499
LMArena German1341—
LMArena Japanese1283—
LMArena Korean1285—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 69.3 (#172), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.6 (#24)

BenchmarkCommand ADeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following13091475

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 40.6 (#147), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#46)

BenchmarkCommand ADeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Longer Query13341476

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 47.8 (#204), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.8 (#43)

BenchmarkCommand ADeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text13311465
LMArena Creative Writing13191436
EQ-Bench Creative Writing11451540
LMArena Multi-Turn13381460

Frequently asked questions

Is Command A better than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Command A or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.

Is Command A or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 256K.

How many benchmarks do Command A and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 25.

Related comparisons

Go deeper