--- title: "Command A AI model: facts and benchmarks | Kendr" canonical: "https://kendr.org/models/cohere-command-a" date_modified: "2026-08-12" profile_kind: "reference" --- # Command A model profile Command A is a Cohere model profile with a 256,000-token context window. The dated catalog snapshot records text modalities and interfaces for structured output, text generation. Command A is an independent knowledge profile. It does not claim that Kendr hosts the model, quote a Kendr customer price, promise API availability, or advertise a Kendr routing receipt. Command A accepts text and returns text. The snapshot records structured output and text generation as capabilities or interfaces. The dated reference snapshot lists $2.5 input and $10 output per million tokens. The 2026-08-12 snapshot includes 3 Artificial Analysis indexes. Publisher-reported launch results are labeled and are not presented as Kendr measurements; scores from different suites are not treated as interchangeable. No comparable popularity rank or traffic share is present in the 2026-08-12 snapshot. No comparable routing rank or traffic-share observation is attached to this dated profile; missing adoption evidence is not estimated. Profile data was reviewed for the 2026-08-12 snapshot. Claims retain their source dates, and unavailable fields are shown as unavailable instead of estimated. ## Profile facts - **Profile type:** Model research profile - **Provider or publisher:** Cohere - **Context window:** 256,000 tokens - **Snapshot date:** 2026-08-12 - **Reference catalog ID:** cohere/command-a ## Context, modalities, and identity Command A accepts text and returns text. The snapshot records structured output and text generation as capabilities or interfaces. - **Provider or publisher:** Cohere - **Context window:** 256,000 tokens - **Maximum output:** 8,192 tokens - **Input modalities:** text - **Output modalities:** text - **Knowledge cutoff:** 2024-08-31 ## Capabilities and supported controls Capabilities and parameters are reported from the dated catalog and source records; their presence does not guarantee identical behavior across every provider route. - **Supported parameters:** frequency_penalty, max_tokens, presence_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, top_k, top_p - structured output - text generation ## Dated pricing snapshot The dated reference snapshot lists $2.5 input and $10 output per million tokens. These are dated third-party reference prices, not Kendr prices or an availability offer. Routes, tiers, caching, region, and provider policy can change the landed price. - **Price date:** 2026-08-12 - **Input:** $2.5 per 1M tokens - **Cached input:** No verified rate - **Output:** $10 per 1M tokens ## Benchmark evidence and limitations The 2026-08-12 snapshot includes 3 Artificial Analysis indexes. Publisher-reported launch results are labeled and are not presented as Kendr measurements; scores from different suites are not treated as interchangeable. Third-party catalog fields normalized from the cited model dataset; benchmark methodology and coverage differ by source. - **Intelligence Index:** 22.8 - **Coding Index:** 27.8 - **Agentic Index:** 9.2 ## Popularity and market context No comparable popularity rank or traffic share is present in the 2026-08-12 snapshot. No comparable routing rank or traffic-share observation is attached to this dated profile; missing adoption evidence is not estimated. - **Third-party catalog rank:** No verified rank - **Global market share:** Not inferred - **Observation date:** 2026-08-12 ## Frequently asked questions ### What is Command A? Command A is a Cohere model profile with a 256,000-token context window. The dated catalog snapshot records text modalities and interfaces for structured output, text generation. ### What context window does Command A have? The dated profile lists 256,000 tokens of context and up to 8,192 output tokens. Provider routes, variants, and runtime configuration can impose lower effective limits. ### What benchmark evidence is available for Command A? The 2026-08-12 snapshot includes 3 Artificial Analysis indexes. Publisher-reported launch results are labeled and are not presented as Kendr measurements; scores from different suites are not treated as interchangeable. Third-party catalog fields normalized from the cited model dataset; benchmark methodology and coverage differ by source. ### Is Command A available through Kendr? This is an independent knowledge profile, not a Kendr-hosted availability claim. Check Kendr's live public model API for currently enabled Kendr aliases. ### Does the popularity rank represent Command A's global market share? No comparable popularity rank or traffic share is present in the 2026-08-12 snapshot. No comparable routing rank or traffic-share observation is attached to this dated profile; missing adoption evidence is not estimated. No global market-share percentage is inferred when the source does not publish one. ## Sources and evidence dates - [Command A third-party catalog record](https://openrouter.ai/cohere/command-a) — catalog, checked 2026-08-12 - [Third-party model catalog methodology](https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/models) — methodology, checked 2026-08-12 - [Cohere official model documentation](https://docs.cohere.com/docs/models) — primary, checked 2026-08-12 - [Artificial Analysis capability indices methodology](https://artificialanalysis.ai/methodology/capability-indices) — benchmark, checked 2026-08-12 Live Kendr operational availability is published separately at https://api.kendr.org/api/public/models.