# Command A vs Granite 4.0 Micro

> Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 107× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-a-vs-granite-4-0-micro
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command A leads 37.1 to 9.9.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Command A accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | Command A | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 29.0 |
| Rank | 215 | 318 |
| Context | 256K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $0.017 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $0.11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command A: 27.2 (#322)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command A: 35.9 (#40)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command A: 18.3 (#283)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)

| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |

## Math

- Command A: 36.2 (#171)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)

| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1300 | — |

## Knowledge

- Command A: 37.1 (#159)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)

| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | — |

## Multilingual

- Command A: 45.3 (#170)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | — |
| 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)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)

| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | — |

## Long Context

- Command A: 40.6 (#151)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Command A: 47.6 (#208)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)

| Benchmark | Command A | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command A better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 107× 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 Granite 4.0 Micro?

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Command A does, with 256K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do Command A and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.