Model comparison
Command A vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.8 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Coder Next costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 35.8 to 26.8.
- Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Qwen3 Coder Next accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| Command A | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 33.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 262K |
| Max output | 8K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Command A: 26.8 (#317), Qwen3 Coder Next: 35.8 (#206)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.7 (#36), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Command A: 17.7 (#276), Qwen3 Coder Next: 21.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
Command A: 33.5 (#172), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Command A: 36.5 (#157), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Command A: 45.5 (#166), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | — |
| LMArena French | 1352 | — |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Command A: 69.3 (#172), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Command A: 40.6 (#147), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Command A: 47.8 (#204), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.8 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Coder Next costs 15× 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 Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 Coder Next does, with 262K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.