Nova Premier 1.0 vs Command A
Updated October 21, 2026. 11 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Nova Premier 1.0 has the edge where the context window is larger, 1M against 256K tokens, and where what matters is Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) or AA Intelligence Index, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 11
- Nova Premier 1.0 only
- 2
- Command A only
- 49
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Command A
Command A leads, 13.1 against 9.2.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Command A has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Command A has a GPQA Diamond result, 48.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Command A has a AIME result, 13.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Command A has a MMLU Pro result, 69.2%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Nova Premier 1.0 has a Design Arena: websites result, 835.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Nova Premier 1.0
Nova Premier 1.0 takes 1M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Command A
Nova Premier 1.0 $0.0088, Command A $0.0075 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Command A has the number, $2.69.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nova Premier 1.0 not benchmarked, Command A not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 42.4 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- τ²-Bench Telecom: Nova Premier 1.0 38.3% against Command A 80.7%, 42.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nova Premier 1.0 $12.50 against Command A $10.00 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
- Context window
- Nova Premier 1.0 takes 1M tokens, Command A 256K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Nova Premier 1.0 | Bars | Command A | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 0 | ||
| General | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 4 | 7 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index11
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 27.8 | Only Command A measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 35.1% | Only Command A measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 7.8% | Only Command A measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 17.6% | Only Command A measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 31.7% | 28.7% | Nova Premier 1.0 |
| SciCode | Not measured | 38.5% | Only Command A measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.8% | 25.0% | Command A |
| ALE-Bench | 147.4 | Not measured | Only Nova Premier 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1330 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1336 | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.2 | 13.1 | Command A |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 1.0 | Only Command A measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 9.0% | Only Command A measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 38.3% | 80.7% | Command A |
| Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 48.5% | Only Command A measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 56.9% | 76.1% | Command A |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.2% | 12.0% | Command A |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1326 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1296 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1335 | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 13.3% | Only Command A measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.2% | Only Command A measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.7% | Only Command A measured |
| AA Math Index | 17.3 | 13.0 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 17.3% | 13.0% | Nova Premier 1.0 |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1300 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1312 | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 69.2% | Only Command A measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.7% | Only Command A measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.5% | Only Command A measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.0% | Only Command A measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.4% | Only Command A measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.5% | Only Command A measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 19.7% | Only Command A measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 73.3% | 71.2% | Nova Premier 1.0 |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1339 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1334 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1348 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1315 | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 835 | Not measured | Only Nova Premier 1.0 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.7% | Only Command A measured |
| IFBench | 36.2% | 73.9% | Command A |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 34.3% | 52.7% | Command A |
| DTBench | Not measured | 61.3% | Only Command A measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 10.3% | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1331 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1309 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1319 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1344 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1313 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1327 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1342 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1285 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1285 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1351 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1347 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1314 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1324 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1338 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1334 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1328 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1306 | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Command A costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Command A costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Command A costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Amazon Nova Premier 1.0 | Cohere Command A |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Amazon | Cohere |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 31, 2025 | March 13, 2025 |
| Context window | 1M | 256K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $2.50 |
| Output $/Mtok | $12.50 | $10.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $2.69 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nova Premier 1.0 better than Command A for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Nova Premier 1.0 has the edge where the context window is larger, 1M against 256K tokens, and where what matters is Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) or AA Intelligence Index, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Nova Premier 1.0 or Command A?
Nova Premier 1.0 costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $12.50 per million output tokens; Command A costs $2.50 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for Command A only.
Which has the bigger context window, Nova Premier 1.0 or Command A?
Nova Premier 1.0, with 1M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Nova Premier 1.0 vs Command A comparison based on?
11 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova Premier 1.0's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Command A's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.