Command A vs GPT-4o

At a Glance

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Command ACohere
GPT-4oOpenAI
Pricing and Limits
Input priceFrom · USD / 1M tokens$2.50Cohere · Aug 29, 2026$1.25Openrouter · Sep 22, 2026
Output priceFrom · USD / 1M tokens$10.00Cohere · Aug 29, 2026$5.00Openrouter · Sep 22, 2026
Context windowMaximum documented tokens256K128K
Model facts checkedAug 29, 2026View model evidence →Aug 29, 2026View model evidence →

Token prices are the lowest available sourced USD rates; input and output may use different providers. Cost ranking estimates output spend on LiveBench, not a full request bill. Ranking methodology →

Available Benchmarks

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BenchmarkCommand AGPT-4o
Aider Polyglotpolyglot-225-5dc9490bb35f · pass_rate_2 · leader12.0052% of row best · percent · whole; aider 0.77.1.dev23.11100% of row best · percent · diff; aider 0.70.1.dev
LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-13-d25aabda0010 · arena_rating · leader1,330.87100% of row best · rating · command-a-03-2025; 95% CI [1327.41159924, 1334.32729730]; votes 55449; rank 2111,282.4596% of row best · rating · gpt-4o-2024-08-06; 95% CI [1278.25455133, 1286.63762056]; votes 45499; rank 254
ToneBench2026-09-11-10-task-4ef099199c9c · overall_score · unverified60.90100% of row best · points · Cohere Command A (03-2025) · 1,177 output tokens / case58.6696% of row best · points · GPT-4o · 1,174 output tokens / case
Overall ResultCounted from the protocol-matched rows above1 benchmark winNo overall winner1 benchmark winNo overall winner

Third-party benchmark Only like-for-like primary-publisher results are shown; raw scores, relative scores, configuration, and token spend remain visible.

Side-by-Side Facts

FieldCommand AGPT-4o
DeveloperCohereOpenAI
FamilyCommand AGpt 4o
ModelCommand AGPT-4o
VersionCommand AGPT-4o
Lifecycleactiveactive
ReleasedUnknownUnknown
Knowledge cutoff2024-06-012023-10-01
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
Output modalitiesTextText
Context window256K128K
Total parameters111BUnknown
Active parametersUnknownUnknown
LicenseUnknownUnknown
Open weightsNoNo
API availableYesYes
Self-hostableNoNo
Provider accessCohere (Standard)Openai (Standard), Openrouter (Standard)
Capabilitiesagents, chat, citations, multilingual, rag, structured_outputs, toolschat, generation, tools

Command A Capabilities

agentschatcitationsmultilingualragstructured outputstools
Serving providers1
Canonical IDcoherelabs/command-a-03-2025

GPT-4o Capabilities

chatgenerationtools
Serving providers2
Canonical IDopenai/gpt-4o

Primary Evidence

Sources and Freshness

Questions

Command A vs GPT-4o FAQs

Is Command A or GPT-4o better for coding?+

GPT-4o leads the current coding subset with 1 benchmark win to 0. This describes only the matched benchmark rows shown above.

Which is cheaper, Command A or GPT-4o?+

Command A is $2.50 and GPT-4o is $1.25 per million tokens, so GPT-4o is cheaper on this metric. Command A is $10.00 and GPT-4o is $5.00 per million tokens, so GPT-4o is cheaper on this metric.

Which has a larger context window, Command A or GPT-4o?+

Command A has the larger sourced context window. Command A supports 256K and GPT-4o supports 128K.

Which performs better in benchmarks, Command A or GPT-4o?+

There is no overall benchmark winner: The verified common benchmarks do not produce a majority winner.

Can Command A or GPT-4o be self-hosted?+

Both models have the same recorded self-hosting status: unsupported. Command A is not marked open weight; GPT-4o is not marked open weight.

Can Command A and GPT-4o understand images?+

Command A is not documented with image input; GPT-4o is documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.

Which can generate longer answers, Command A or GPT-4o?+

GPT-4o has the larger sourced maximum output: Command A supports 8K and GPT-4o supports 16K output tokens.

Do Command A and GPT-4o support reasoning and tool use?+

Command A: tool calling. GPT-4o: tool calling and image input. Feature support does not establish relative quality.

Which is available from more inference providers, Command A or GPT-4o?+

Command A has 1 sourced provider route; GPT-4o has 2, so GPT-4o has broader tracked availability.

Which offers better value, Command A or GPT-4o?+

There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.

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