# Command A vs Grok 4.3

> Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-a-vs-grok-4-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and Grok 4.3 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.3 leads 34.9 to 17.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 61.3% for Command A and 90.7% for Grok 4.3.
- Grok 4.3 is cheaper at $1.25 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Grok 4.3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 256K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command A | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 43.6 |
| Rank | 212 | 80 |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $1.25 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $2.50 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command A: 26.8 (#317)
- Grok 4.3: 41.3 (#117)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | 1415 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1357 |
| SciCode | — | 47.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 49.9% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 944.17 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command A: 35.7 (#36)
- Grok 4.3: 27.6 (#93)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 8% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1165 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 35.26 |

## Reasoning

- Command A: 17.7 (#276)
- Grok 4.3: 34.9 (#60)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1397 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 90.7% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 38.3% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 55.2% |
| CritPt | — | 8% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 25% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.13 |
| ForecastBench | — | 60.3 |

## Math

- Command A: 33.5 (#172)
- Grok 4.3: 45.8 (#60)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1388 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 42.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 14.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| ProofBench | — | 11% |

## Knowledge

- Command A: 36.5 (#157)
- Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#57)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1385 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 33.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |

## Multimodal

- Command A: —
- Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#96)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1231 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 0% |

## Multilingual

- Command A: 45.5 (#166)
- Grok 4.3: 50.7 (#114)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1385 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1423 |
| LMArena French | 1352 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1395 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | 1379 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1357 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1399 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | 1402 |

## Instruction Following

- Command A: 69.3 (#172)
- Grok 4.3: 72.3 (#135)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1366 |

## Long Context

- Command A: 40.6 (#147)
- Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#118)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1393 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command A: 47.8 (#204)
- Grok 4.3: 58.6 (#112)

| Benchmark | Command A | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1397 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1380 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1406 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1075 |

## FAQ

### Is Command A better than Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command A or Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Is Command A or Grok 4.3 better for coding?

Grok 4.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.3 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.3 does, with 1M tokens against 256K.

### How many benchmarks do Command A and Grok 4.3 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.3 has 40.