Model comparison
Command A vs GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index. Command A costs 9.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5 Pro in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5 Pro leads 38.9 to 18.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 28.8% for Command A and 76.8% for GPT-5 Pro.
- Command A is cheaper at $2.50 / $10 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $120 for GPT-5 Pro.
- GPT-5 Pro accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 256K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command A | GPT-5 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 46.4 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2025-10-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | 400K |
| Max output | 8K | 272K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $120 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5 Pro leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), GPT-5 Pro: 44.0 (#80)
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| WeirdML | — | 60.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | — |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.31 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), GPT-5 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning GPT-5 Pro leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), GPT-5 Pro: 38.9 (#62)
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | 76.8% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 18.3% |
| SimpleBench | — | 61.6% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 70.2% |
| EnigmaEval | — | 18.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 150.28 |
Math GPT-5 Pro leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), GPT-5 Pro: 48.5 (#63)
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 55.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 19.5% |
| LMArena Math | 1300 | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
Knowledge GPT-5 Pro leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), GPT-5 Pro: 56.7 (#42)
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 31.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Command A: 45.3 (#170), GPT-5 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | — |
| LMArena French | 1351 | — |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Command A: 69.1 (#177), GPT-5 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Command A: 40.6 (#151), GPT-5 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Command A: 47.6 (#208), GPT-5 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than GPT-5 Pro?
GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index. Command A costs 9.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Command A or GPT-5 Pro?
Command A is cheaper. It lists at $2.50 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens; GPT-5 Pro lists at $15 and $120.
Is Command A or GPT-5 Pro better for coding?
GPT-5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5 Pro does, with 400K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and GPT-5 Pro share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5 Pro has 12.