Model comparison
Command A vs Gemma 2 27B
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 6.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
GoogleSummary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Command A leads 36.2 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 61.3% for Command A and 48% for Gemma 2 27B.
- Gemma 2 27B is cheaper at $0.65 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Command A accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 8K.
Side by side
| Command A | Gemma 2 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2024-06-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 8K |
| Max output | 8K | 2K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.65 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.65 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 27B leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1211 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 42.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.5% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Gemma 2 27B: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Command A leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1198 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 48% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 7.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 28.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 47.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.08 |
| LiveBench | — | 38.2% |
Math Command A leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1212 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 1.4% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 26.5% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 27.9% |
Knowledge Command A leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1172 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 36.5% |
| Confabulations | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
Multilingual Command A leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1217 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1221 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1247 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1209 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1174 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1234 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1228 |
Instruction Following Command A leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1206 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.1% |
Long Context Command A leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1231 |
Writing & Preference Command A leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1231 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1241 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1224 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 32.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Gemma 2 27B?
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 6.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Gemma 2 27B?
Gemma 2 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?
Gemma 2 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Command A does, with 256K tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Gemma 2 27B share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.