Model comparison
Command A vs Mistral Small 3
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 76× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Command A leads 36.2 to 16.3.
- Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Command A accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 33K.
Side by side
| Command A | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 33K |
| Max output | 8K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1246 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Mistral Small 3: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1233 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.07 |
Math Command A leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
Knowledge Command A leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1202 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual Command A leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1203 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1216 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | — |
Instruction Following Command A leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1214 |
Long Context Command A leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1246 |
Writing & Preference Command A leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1195 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 707 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1217 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Mistral Small 3?
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 76× 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 Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Command A does, with 256K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Mistral Small 3 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.