Model comparison
Command A vs Granite 4.2 30b
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.2 30b in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 41.0 to 27.2.
Side by side
| Command A | Granite 4.2 30b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 41.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1396 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Granite 4.2 30b: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112)
| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1374 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Granite 4.2 30b: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138)
| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1406 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 30b leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1340 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1414 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1343 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | — |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 30b leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155)
| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1347 |
Long Context Too close to call
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140)
| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1359 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156)
| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1361 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1339 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Granite 4.2 30b?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command A or Granite 4.2 30b better for coding?
Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.0 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Granite 4.2 30b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.