Model comparison
Command A vs Qwen Max
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen Max in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Command A leads 36.2 to 22.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Aider Polyglot: 12% for Command A and 21.8% for Qwen Max.
- Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Command A accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 33K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command A | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 34.7 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | 33K |
| Max output | 8K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Max leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | 21.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1288 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Qwen Max: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1269 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math Command A leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1275 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
Knowledge Command A leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1248 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual Command A leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1290 |
Instruction Following Command A leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1262 |
Long Context Command A leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1288 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1277 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Qwen Max?
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Qwen Max?
Qwen Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or Qwen Max better for coding?
Qwen Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.7 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Command A does, with 256K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Qwen Max share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.