# Command A vs Mistral Large 4

> Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 4 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 27.2.
- Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 256K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 43.1 |
| Rank | 215 | 99 |
| Context | 256K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $0.68 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $2.09 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command A: 27.2 (#322)
- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1475 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command A: 35.9 (#40)
- Mistral Large 4: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command A: 18.3 (#283)
- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1444 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |

## Math

- Command A: 36.2 (#171)
- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1488 |

## Knowledge

- Command A: 37.1 (#159)
- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1447 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command A: 45.3 (#170)
- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | — |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command A: 69.1 (#177)
- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1424 |

## Long Context

- Command A: 40.6 (#151)
- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1429 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command A: 47.6 (#208)
- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1424 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command A better than Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command A or Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Is Command A or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.

### How many benchmarks do Command A and Mistral Large 4 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.