Model comparison
Command A vs Inkling-Small
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling-Small in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 18.3.
- Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| Command A | Inkling-Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 46.5 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 524K |
| Max output | 8K | 1.05M |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.45 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling-Small leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Command A | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1451 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1409 |
| SciCode | — | 48.7% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Inkling-Small: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Inkling-Small leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)
| Benchmark | Command A | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1423 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 40.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 84% |
| CritPt | — | 8.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 18% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 6% |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 150.15 |
Math Inkling-Small leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)
| Benchmark | Command A | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1459 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 46.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 90% |
| ProofBench | — | 6% |
Knowledge Inkling-Small leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)
| Benchmark | Command A | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1442 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.5% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 19.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command A: —, Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)
| Benchmark | Command A | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1235 |
Multilingual Inkling-Small leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)
| Benchmark | Command A | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1402 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1436 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1405 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1405 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1363 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1391 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1428 |
Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)
| Benchmark | Command A | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1399 |
Long Context Inkling-Small leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)
| Benchmark | Command A | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1401 |
Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)
| Benchmark | Command A | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1414 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1331 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 1491 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1418 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Inkling-Small?
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Inkling-Small?
Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or Inkling-Small better for coding?
Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Inkling-Small share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.