Model comparison
Command A vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Command A leads 45.3 to 30.6.
Side by side
| Command A | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 33.0 |
| 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 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)
| Benchmark | Command A | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1130 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)
| Benchmark | Command A | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1127 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math Command A leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Command A | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1173 |
Knowledge Command A leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)
| Benchmark | Command A | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1108 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual Command A leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)
| Benchmark | Command A | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1108 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1110 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 954 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1145 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1095 |
Instruction Following Command A leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)
| Benchmark | Command A | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1113 |
Long Context Command A leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)
| Benchmark | Command A | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1120 |
Writing & Preference Command A leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)
| Benchmark | Command A | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1107 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1088 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command A or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.