Model comparison
Command A vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
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GoogleSummary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 2 categories and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.2 to 47.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 37.6% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 256K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 41.5 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2026-07-21 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 8K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1453 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1440 |
| SciCode | — | 41.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 39% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 765.27 |
Agentic & Tool Use Command A leads
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 29.3% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 10% |
Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1441 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 83.5% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 37.6% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 10.3% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 53.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 145.13 |
Math Command A leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1433 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 26% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 71.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 13% |
Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1435 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command A: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1268 |
Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1469 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1451 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1454 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1427 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1443 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1442 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1420 |
Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1435 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1435 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1420 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 1559 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1445 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better for coding?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39.