Model comparison
Command A vs Gemini 1.0 Pro
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 7 categories and Gemini 1.0 Pro in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Command A leads 33.5 to 8.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 61.3% for Command A and 45.9% for Gemini 1.0 Pro.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command A | Gemini 1.0 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2023-12-13 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.0 Pro leads
Command A: 26.8 (#317), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 31.6 (#270)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | 1108 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 55.5% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.7 (#36), Gemini 1.0 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Command A leads
Command A: 17.7 (#276), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 16.4 (#292)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1109 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 45.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 116.97 |
Math Command A leads
Command A: 33.5 (#172), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 8.7 (#315)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1132 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 1.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 11.2% |
Knowledge Command A leads
Command A: 36.5 (#157), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.5 (#286)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1059 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 34% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| MMLU | — | 70% |
Multilingual Command A leads
Command A: 45.5 (#166), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.5 (#247)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1138 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1124 |
| LMArena French | 1352 | 1144 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1125 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | 1023 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1186 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | 1118 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
Instruction Following Command A leads
Command A: 69.3 (#172), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.9 (#262)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1114 |
Long Context Command A leads
Command A: 40.6 (#147), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#244)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1132 |
Writing & Preference Command A leads
Command A: 47.8 (#204), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.2 (#259)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1149 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1130 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1139 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Gemini 1.0 Pro?
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command A or Gemini 1.0 Pro better for coding?
Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.6 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Gemini 1.0 Pro share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24.