Command A vs GPT-4.1 (Comparative Analysis)
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Overview
Command A was released 1 month before GPT-4.1.
 Command A |  GPT-4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | Cohere | OpenAI |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 256K tokens | 1M tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 8.2K tokens | 32.8K tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | March 13, 2025 1 year ago March 13th, 2025 | April 14, 2025 1 year ago April 14th, 2025 |
Knowledge Cutoff Latest training-data date reported by the provider | August 31, 2024 | June 30, 2024 |
Capabilities & Features
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Command A | GPT-4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text | 🖼️Image📝Text📁File |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | Other | GPT |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning Mode✓Content Moderation | ✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning Mode✓Content Moderation |
Open Source Model availability | Available on HuggingFace → | Proprietary |
Pricing
Command A is roughly 1.3x more expensive compared to GPT-4.1 for input tokens and roughly 1.3x more expensive for output tokens.
| Command A | GPT-4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $2.50 per million tokens | $2.00 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $10.00 per million tokens | $8.00 per million tokens |
Web Search Cost Additional cost for each web search operation | Not specified | $0.01 per search |
Cache Read Cost Cost to reuse cached input tokens | Not specified | $0.50 per million tokens |
Benchmarks
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| Command A | GPT-4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Overall model quality across independent evaluations | 22.5 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | Benchmark not available. |
Coding Index Programming performance across independent evaluations | 27.8 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | Benchmark not available. |
Agentic Index Ability to complete multi-step agentic tasks | 9.2 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | Benchmark not available. |
Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | Benchmark not available. | 1,139 Elo (#73 in Data Viz (59.5% win rate)) |
At a Glance
Quick overview of what makes Command A and GPT-4.1 unique.
Command A by Cohere generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 256K token context window. Reasonably priced at $2.50/M input and $10.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released March 13th, 2025.GPT-4.1 by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 1M token context window. Reasonably priced at $2.00/M input and $8.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released April 14th, 2025.Explore More Comparisons
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