Model comparison
Command A vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 47.6.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command A | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| 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 Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1487 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1483 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1474 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1489 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command A or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.