# Command A vs Grok 4.1

> Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-a-vs-grok-4-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and Grok 4.1 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.4 to 47.6.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command A | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 41.5 |
| Rank | 215 | 134 |
| Context | 256K | — |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command A: 27.2 (#322)
- Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1445 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1214 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command A: 35.9 (#40)
- Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| Cybench | — | 39% |

## Reasoning

- Command A: 18.3 (#283)
- Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1435 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |

## Math

- Command A: 36.2 (#171)
- Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1422 |

## Knowledge

- Command A: 37.1 (#159)
- Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1417 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command A: 45.3 (#170)
- Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1425 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1438 |

## Instruction Following

- Command A: 69.1 (#177)
- Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1400 |

## Long Context

- Command A: 40.6 (#151)
- Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1416 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command A: 47.6 (#208)
- Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1411 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1437 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command A better than Grok 4.1?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Command A or Grok 4.1 better for coding?

Grok 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.7 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Command A and Grok 4.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.