Command A Reasoning vs Command A Translate
Why this pair: Cohere's specialized translation and reasoning Command A models
Benchmark Performance
Available Benchmarks
Technical Differences
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | Command A Reasoning | Command A Translate |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Cohere | Cohere |
| Family | Command A | Command A |
| Model | Command A Reasoning | Command A Translate |
| Version | Command A Reasoning | Command A Translate |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | 2025-08-21 | 2025-08-28 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-06-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
| Context window | 256K | 8K |
| Total parameters | 111B | 111B |
| Active parameters | Unknown | Unknown |
| License | Unknown | Unknown |
| Open weights | No | No |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | No | No |
| Provider access | Cohere (Standard) | Cohere (Standard) |
| Capabilities | agents, chat, citations, reasoning, rag, structured_outputs, tools | chat, generation, structured_outputs, translation |
16 comparable fields · 5 material differences · Editorially curated pair passes the primary-source comparison gate
Command A Reasoning Capabilities
Command A Translate Capabilities
Internal Comparison Graph
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Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
Command A Reasoning vs Command A Translate FAQs
Is Command A Reasoning or Command A Translate better for coding?+
This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Command A Reasoning and Command A Translate, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.
Which is cheaper, Command A Reasoning or Command A Translate?+
Neither model has a directly sourced input price in this comparison. Neither model has a directly sourced output price in this comparison.
Which has a larger context window, Command A Reasoning or Command A Translate?+
Command A Reasoning has the larger sourced context window. Command A Reasoning supports 256K and Command A Translate supports 8K.
Which performs better in benchmarks, Command A Reasoning or Command A Translate?+
There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.
Can Command A Reasoning or Command A Translate be self-hosted?+
Both models have the same recorded self-hosting status: unsupported. Command A Reasoning is not marked open weight; Command A Translate is not marked open weight.
Can Command A Reasoning and Command A Translate understand images?+
Command A Reasoning is not documented with image input; Command A Translate is not documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.
Which can generate longer answers, Command A Reasoning or Command A Translate?+
Command A Reasoning has the larger sourced maximum output: Command A Reasoning supports 32K and Command A Translate supports 8K output tokens.
Do Command A Reasoning and Command A Translate support reasoning and tool use?+
Command A Reasoning: reasoning and tool calling. Command A Translate: none of these features are definitively sourced. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, Command A Reasoning or Command A Translate?+
Command A Reasoning has 1 sourced provider route; Command A Translate has 1, a tie.
Which offers better value, Command A Reasoning or Command A Translate?+
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.