Compare/Command A+ vs o3

Command A+vso3

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

Cohere

Command A+

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
175 tok/s
TTFT
0.19s
OpenAI

o3

Input
$2/M
Output
$8/M
Speed
125 tok/s
TTFT
6.65s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Command A+
Faster (tok/s)
Command A+
Lower Latency
Command A+
Benchmarks (2-10)
o3

Pricing Comparison

MetricCommand A+o3
Input ($/M tokens)$0$2
Output ($/M tokens)$0$8
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Command A+$0.00
o3$2.80

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Command A+
175 tok/s
o3
125 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Command A+
0.19s
o3
6.65s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
22.530.4
Coding Index
27.8
Math Index
88.3
GPQA Diamond
76.1%82.7%
MMLU-Pro
85.3%
LiveCodeBench
80.8%
AIME 2025
88.3%
MATH-500
99.2%
Humanity's Last Exam
11.4%20.0%
SciCode
37.8%41.0%
IFBench
73.9%71.4%
TerminalBench
25.0%37.1%
Command A+2 wins
10 winso3

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Command A+ or o3?

Command A+ is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $3.50/M for o3.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

o3 wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 2 for Command A+. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Command A+ generates tokens faster at 175 tok/s vs 125 tok/s. Command A+ also has lower time-to-first-token (0.19s vs 6.65s).

When should I use Command A+ vs o3?

Choose based on your priorities: Command A+ for lower cost, o3 for stronger benchmark performance, and Command A+ for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.