Model comparison

Command A vs ERNIE 5.1

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Command A Cohere

35.9

Rank #212 Confirmed

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.1

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and ERNIE 5.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.3 to 47.8.
  • Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command A and ERNIE 5.1 specifications
Command AERNIE 5.1
ProviderCohereBaidu
Noometry Index35.943.1
Released2025-03-13—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window256K—
Max output8K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked2419

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command A: 26.8 (#317), ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand AERNIE 5.1
LMArena Coding13311488
Aider Polyglot12%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command A: 35.7 (#36), ERNIE 5.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand AERNIE 5.1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard57.1%—
LMArena Search—1227

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command A: 17.7 (#276), ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand AERNIE 5.1
LMArena Hard Prompts13261481
Kagi LLM Benchmark28.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)—23.4%
DTBench61.3%—
LMCA10.3%—

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command A: 33.5 (#172), ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand AERNIE 5.1
LMArena Math13001481

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command A: 36.5 (#157), ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand AERNIE 5.1
LMArena Expert12951491
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command A: 45.5 (#166), ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand AERNIE 5.1
LMArena Non-English13131455
LMArena Chinese13271507
LMArena French13521486
LMArena German13411470
LMArena Japanese12831422
LMArena Korean12851428
LMArena Russian13141459
LMArena Spanish13461472

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command A: 69.3 (#172), ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand AERNIE 5.1
LMArena Instruction Following13091460

Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command A: 40.6 (#147), ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand AERNIE 5.1
LMArena Longer Query13341462

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command A: 47.8 (#204), ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand AERNIE 5.1
LMArena Text13311468
LMArena Creative Writing13191440
LMArena Multi-Turn13381471
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1145—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command A better than ERNIE 5.1?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Command A or ERNIE 5.1 better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Command A and ERNIE 5.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and ERNIE 5.1 has 19.

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