Model comparison
Command A vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
GoogleSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 6 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Command A leads 36.2 to 14.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 61.3% for Command A and 50% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command A | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2024-10-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1218 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1209 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 50% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math Command A leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1207 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 4.6% |
Knowledge Command A leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1185 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 33% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command A: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1044 |
Multilingual Command A leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1215 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1231 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1234 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1206 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1150 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1236 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1212 |
Instruction Following Command A leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1199 |
Long Context Command A leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1219 |
Writing & Preference Command A leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1226 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1218 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1185 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command A or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.