Compare/Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) vs Command-R+ (Apr '24)

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)vsCommand-R+ (Apr '24)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)

Input
$3.75/M
Output
$15/M
Speed
67 tok/s
TTFT
54.21s
Cohere

Command-R+ (Apr '24)

Input
$3/M
Output
$15/M
Speed
TTFT

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Command-R+ (Apr '24)
Faster (tok/s)
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)
Lower Latency
Command-R+ (Apr '24)
Benchmarks (7-3)
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)

Pricing Comparison

MetricClaude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)Command-R+ (Apr '24)
Input ($/M tokens)$3.75$3
Output ($/M tokens)$15$15
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)$5.25
Command-R+ (Apr '24)$4.50

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)
67 tok/s
Command-R+ (Apr '24)
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)
54.21s
Command-R+ (Apr '24)

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
51.78.3
Coding Index
50.9
Math Index
GPQA Diamond
87.5%32.3%
MMLU-Pro
43.2%
LiveCodeBench
12.2%
AIME 2025
MATH-500
27.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
30.0%4.5%
SciCode
46.8%11.8%
IFBench
56.6%
TerminalBench
53.0%
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)7 wins
3 winsCommand-R+ (Apr '24)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) or Command-R+ (Apr '24)?

Command-R+ (Apr '24) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $6.00/M tokens vs $6.56/M for Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 3 for Command-R+ (Apr '24). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) generates tokens faster at 67 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. However, Command-R+ (Apr '24) has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 54.21s).

When should I use Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) vs Command-R+ (Apr '24)?

Choose based on your priorities: Command-R+ (Apr '24) for lower cost, Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) for stronger benchmark performance, and Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.