Model comparison
Command A vs ERNIE 5.1
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
BaiduSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and ERNIE 5.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.3 to 47.8.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command A | ERNIE 5.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Baidu |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 43.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads
Command A: 26.8 (#317), ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78)
| Benchmark | Command A | ERNIE 5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | 1488 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.7 (#36), ERNIE 5.1: —
| Benchmark | Command A | ERNIE 5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| LMArena Search | — | 1227 |
Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads
Command A: 17.7 (#276), ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209)
| Benchmark | Command A | ERNIE 5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1481 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 23.4% |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math ERNIE 5.1 leads
Command A: 33.5 (#172), ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96)
| Benchmark | Command A | ERNIE 5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1481 |
Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads
Command A: 36.5 (#157), ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | Command A | ERNIE 5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1491 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads
Command A: 45.5 (#166), ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28)
| Benchmark | Command A | ERNIE 5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1455 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1507 |
| LMArena French | 1352 | 1486 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1470 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | 1422 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1428 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1459 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | 1472 |
Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads
Command A: 69.3 (#172), ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35)
| Benchmark | Command A | ERNIE 5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1460 |
Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads
Command A: 40.6 (#147), ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56)
| Benchmark | Command A | ERNIE 5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1462 |
Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads
Command A: 47.8 (#204), ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50)
| Benchmark | Command A | ERNIE 5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1468 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1440 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1471 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than ERNIE 5.1?
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command A or ERNIE 5.1 better for coding?
ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command A and ERNIE 5.1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and ERNIE 5.1 has 19.