Command A vs Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Benchmark Performance
Available Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Command A | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglotpolyglot-225-5dc9490bb35f · pass_rate_2 · leader | 12.0077% of row best · percent · whole; aider 0.77.1.dev | 15.56100% of row best · percent · whole; aider 0.81.2.dev |
| LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-011508720696 · arena_rating · leader | 1,330.79100% of row best · rating · command-a-03-2025; 95% CI [1327.33626503, 1334.25009199]; votes 55434; rank 208 | 1,287.1397% of row best · rating · llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct; 95% CI [1282.87677682, 1291.39199009]; votes 39349; rank 243 |
| Overall ResultCounted from the protocol-matched rows above | 1 benchmark winTied overall | 1 benchmark winTied overall |
Third-party benchmark Only like-for-like primary-publisher results are shown; raw scores, relative scores, configuration, and token spend remain visible.
Technical Differences
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | Command A | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Cohere | Meta |
| Family | Command A | Llama 4 Maverick 17b 128e Instruct |
| Model | Command A | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |
| Version | Command A | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | Unknown | 2025-04-05 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-06-01 | Unknown |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
| Context window | 256K | 1,000K |
| Total parameters | 111B | 401.6B |
| Active parameters | Unknown | 17B |
| License | Unknown | other |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | No | Yes |
| Provider access | Cohere (Standard) | Openrouter (Standard) |
| Capabilities | agents, chat, citations, multilingual, rag, structured_outputs, tools | chat, generation, tools |
14 comparable fields · 11 material differences · Pair passes the primary-source comparison gate
Command A Capabilities
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct Capabilities
Internal Comparison Graph
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Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
Command A vs Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FAQs
Is Command A or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct better for coding?+
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct 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 Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
Command A is $2.50 and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is $0.20 per million tokens, so Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is cheaper on this metric. Command A is $10.00 and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is $0.696 per million tokens, so Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is cheaper on this metric.
Which has a larger context window, Command A or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct has the larger sourced context window. Command A supports 256K and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct supports 1,000K.
Which performs better in benchmarks, Command A or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
There is no overall benchmark winner: The verified common benchmarks do not produce a majority winner.
Can Command A or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct be self-hosted?+
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is the only model in this pair currently marked as self-hostable. Command A is not marked open weight; Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is open weight.
Can Command A and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct understand images?+
Command A is not documented with image input; Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.
Which can generate longer answers, Command A or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. Command A is 8K and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is —.
Do Command A and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct support reasoning and tool use?+
Command A: tool calling. Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct: tool calling and image input. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, Command A or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
Command A has 1 sourced provider route; Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct has 1, a tie.
Which offers better value, Command A or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
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.