# Command A vs Pixtral Large

> Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and Pixtral Large in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Command A leads 47.6 to 32.9.
- Pixtral Large is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Command A accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Command A | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 215 | 259 |
| Context | 256K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $2 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command A: 27.2 (#322)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command A: 35.9 (#40)
- Pixtral Large: —

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

## Reasoning

- Command A: 18.3 (#283)
- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

| Benchmark | Command A | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |

## Math

- Command A: 36.2 (#171)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | — |

## Knowledge

- Command A: 37.1 (#159)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | — |

## Multimodal

- Command A: —
- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

| Benchmark | Command A | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |

## Multilingual

- Command A: 45.3 (#170)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | — |

## Long Context

- Command A: 40.6 (#151)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Command A: 47.6 (#208)
- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

| Benchmark | Command A | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 988 |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command A better than Pixtral Large?

Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command A or Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 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 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command A and Pixtral Large share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.