# Command A vs Dolly 2.0-12b

> Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-a-vs-dolly-2-0-12b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 9

## Summary

- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 6 categories and Dolly 2.0-12b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Command A leads 47.6 to 15.2.

## Snapshot

| | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Databricks |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 25.5 |
| Rank | 215 | 342 |
| Context | 256K | — |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command A: 27.2 (#322)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332)

| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 776 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command A: 35.9 (#40)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command A: 18.3 (#283)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316)

| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 804 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 89.67 |
| HellaSwag | — | 70.8% |
| PIQA | — | 75.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 61.8% |

## Math

- Command A: 36.2 (#171)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251)

| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 871 |

## Knowledge

- Command A: 37.1 (#159)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 39.6% |
| BoolQ | — | 56.3% |
| MMLU | — | 26.2% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 39.2% |

## Multilingual

- Command A: 45.3 (#170)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296)

| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 836 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 836 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | — |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command A: 69.1 (#177)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304)

| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 814 |

## Long Context

- Command A: 40.6 (#151)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Command A: 47.6 (#208)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311)

| Benchmark | Command A | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 851 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 864 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 740 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command A better than Dolly 2.0-12b?

Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Command A or Dolly 2.0-12b better for coding?

Command A scores higher on coding benchmarks: 27.2 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Command A and Dolly 2.0-12b share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Dolly 2.0-12b has 17.