Model comparison

Command A vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 20 shared benchmarks.

Command A

Cohere

36.5

Rank #215 Confirmed

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Summary

They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 50.2 to 18.3.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 47% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 256K.

Side by side

Command A and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash specifications
	Command A	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Provider	Cohere	DeepSeek
Noometry Index	36.5	52.8
Released	2025-03-13	2026-09-09
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	256K	1M
Max output	8K	393K
Input $ / M tokens	$2.50	$0.15
Output $ / M tokens	$10	$0.60
Results tracked	24	37

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 27.2 (#322), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Coding	1330	1506
Aider Polyglot	12%	—
LMArena WebDev	—	1619
SciCode	—	51.9%
ALE-Bench	—	1,092

Agentic & Tool Use Command A leads

Command A: 35.9 (#40), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
APEX-Agents	—	39.5%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	57.1%	—
GDP.pdf	—	19.8%

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 18.3 (#283), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts	1326	1483
DTBench	61.3%	89.9%
LMCA	10.3%	47%
Kagi LLM Benchmark	28.8%	—
NYT Connections (extended)	—	89.6%
CritPt	—	14.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	43%
Surface Evolver Bench	—	46.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	154.9

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 36.2 (#171), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Math	1300	1477
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	67.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4	—	26.8%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	98.3%
ProofBench	—	54%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 37.1 (#159), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Expert	1295	1506
GPQA Diamond	—	89.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	9.3%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Command A: —, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Vision	—	1277
Furniture Assembly	—	34.2%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 45.3 (#170), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Non-English	1313	1448
LMArena Chinese	1327	1497
LMArena French	1351	1452
LMArena German	1341	1484
LMArena Japanese	1285	1412
LMArena Korean	1285	1452
LMArena Russian	1314	1471
LMArena Spanish	1347	1459

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 69.1 (#177), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following	1309	1474

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 40.6 (#151), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Longer Query	1334	1475

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command A: 47.6 (#208), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text	1331	1462
LMArena Creative Writing	1319	1435
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1145	1540
LMArena Multi-Turn	1339	1457

Frequently asked questions

Is Command A better than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Command A or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.

Is Command A or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 256K.

How many benchmarks do Command A and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37.