Model comparison
Command A vs Mistral Large 4
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 4 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 27.2.
- Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 256K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command A | Mistral Large 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 43.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2026-10-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 8K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.68 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $2.09 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1475 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Mistral Large 4: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1444 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math Mistral Large 4 leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1488 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1447 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | — |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1424 |
Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1429 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1424 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Mistral Large 4 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.