Model comparison
Command A vs Ministral 3B
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 44× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Mistral AISummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 2 categories and Ministral 3B in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command A leads 37.1 to 10.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 61.3% for Command A and 51.7% for Ministral 3B.
- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.10 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Command A accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Command A | Ministral 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 26.2 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 131K |
| Max output | 8K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.10 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282)
| Benchmark | Command A | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 61.3% | 51.7% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 5.5% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.1 |
Math Command A leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258)
| Benchmark | Command A | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.4% |
Knowledge Command A leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302)
| Benchmark | Command A | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | 7.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 25.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Ministral 3B?
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 44× 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 Ministral 3B?
Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Which has the bigger context window?
Command A does, with 256K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Ministral 3B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.