Command A vs GPT-5 (Comparative Analysis)
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Overview
Command A was released 4 months before GPT-5.
 Command A |  GPT-5 | |
|---|---|---|
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 | 400K tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 8.2K tokens | 128K tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | March 13, 2025 1 year ago March 13th, 2025 | August 7, 2025 11 months ago August 7th, 2025 |
Knowledge Cutoff Latest training-data date reported by the provider | August 31, 2024 | September 30, 2024 |
Capabilities & Features
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Command A | GPT-5 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text | 📝Text🖼️Image📁File |
Reasoning Controls Defaults and configurable reasoning effort | Not reported | Always enabledEffort: High, Medium, Low, MinimalDefault: Medium |
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 Output✓Reasoning Mode✓Content Moderation |
Open Source Model availability | Available on HuggingFace → | Proprietary |
Pricing
Command A is roughly 2.0x more expensive compared to GPT-5 for input tokens and roughly 1.0x less expensive for output tokens.
| Command A | GPT-5 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $2.50 per million tokens | $1.25 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $10.00 per million tokens | $10.00 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 | $0.13 per million tokens |
Benchmarks
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| Command A | GPT-5 | |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Overall model quality across independent evaluations | 22.5 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | 34.7 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Coding Index Programming performance across independent evaluations | 27.8 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | 37.8 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Agentic Index Ability to complete multi-step agentic tasks | 9.2 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | 25.7 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | Benchmark not available. | 1,268 Elo (#22 in Data Viz (63.3% win rate)) |
At a Glance
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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-5 by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 400K token context window. Reasonably priced at $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released August 7th, 2025.Explore More Comparisons
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