Model comparison
Command A vs Dolly 2.0-12b
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
DatabricksSummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 6 categories and Dolly 2.0-12b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Command A leads 47.8 to 15.3.
Side by side
| Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Databricks |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 24.9 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2023-04-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Command A leads
Command A: 26.8 (#317), Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327)
| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | 776 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.7 (#36), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Command A leads
Command A: 17.7 (#276), Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315)
| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 804 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.94 |
| HellaSwag | — | 70.8% |
| PIQA | — | 75.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 61.8% |
Math Command A leads
Command A: 33.5 (#172), Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250)
| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 871 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Command A: 36.5 (#157), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 39.6% |
| BoolQ | — | 56.3% |
| MMLU | — | 26.2% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 39.2% |
Multilingual Command A leads
Command A: 45.5 (#166), Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291)
| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 836 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 836 |
| LMArena French | 1352 | — |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | — |
Instruction Following Command A leads
Command A: 69.3 (#172), Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299)
| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 814 |
Long Context Not comparable
Command A: 40.6 (#147), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | — |
Writing & Preference Command A leads
Command A: 47.8 (#204), Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306)
| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 851 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 864 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 740 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Dolly 2.0-12b?
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command A or Dolly 2.0-12b better for coding?
Command A scores higher on coding benchmarks: 26.8 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Dolly 2.0-12b share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Dolly 2.0-12b has 17.