Command A vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Updated October 21, 2026. 44 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a coding score, 22.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Command A has the edge where the benchmark that matters is CaseLaw (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 44
- Command A only
- 16
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview only
- 33
- 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
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview leads, 15.6 against 13.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview leads, 1.6 against 1.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview leads, 81.1% against 48.5%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview leads, 83.3% against 13.3%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview leads, 86.2% against 69.2%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a Design Arena: websites result, 1083.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Command A $0.0075, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Command A $2.69, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $0.18.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Command A not benchmarked, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 22.7 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 36.2 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AIME: Command A 13.3% against Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 83.3%, 70.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command A $10.00 against Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $1.50 per million output tokens, 6.7x apart.
- Context window
- Command A takes 256K tokens, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 1.05M.
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 | Command A | Bars | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 6 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 4 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 9 | ||
| General | 0 | 18 | ||
| All shared boards | 1 | 43 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index06
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1257 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| AA Coding Index | 27.8 | 34.7 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 35.1% | 80.1% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 7.8% | 62.8% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.6% | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 17.6% | 34.1% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| SciCode | 38.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 797.7 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1330 | 1400 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1336 | 1413 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1245 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1276 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1336 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 15.6 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | 1.6 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 9.0% | 30.0% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 3.1% | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 3.4% | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.6% | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.5% | 81.1% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.5% | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.1% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1326 | 1407 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1296 | 1398 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1335 | 1403 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1242 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1271 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 13.3% | 83.3% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 76.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 85.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| AA Math Index | 13.0 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1300 | 1428 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1312 | 1417 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index19
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.2% | 86.2% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 79.7% | 83.8% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 64.5% | 55.0% | Command A |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 46.0% | 59.4% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 61.4% | 71.8% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 19.7% | 47.6% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 71.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1339 | 1425 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1334 | 1428 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1348 | 1418 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1315 | 1389 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1083 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1071 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1029 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1044 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1048 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1072 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1052 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1166 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index018
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.5% | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 55.7% | 63.9% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 41.4% | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| IFBench | 73.9% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| DTBench | 61.3% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMCA | 10.3% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1416 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1309 | 1377 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1319 | 1401 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1240 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1344 | 1414 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1313 | 1410 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1327 | 1460 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: German | 1342 | 1430 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1285 | 1413 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1285 | 1392 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: French | 1351 | 1424 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1347 | 1421 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1314 | 1420 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1324 | 1443 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1338 | 1417 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1334 | 1394 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1328 | 1408 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1306 | 1386 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1232 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1278 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1246 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1266 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1259 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1308 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1248 | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | 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
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 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 | Cohere Command A | Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 13, 2025 | March 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.25 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $1.50 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 22.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.69 | $0.18 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command A better than Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview for coding?
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a coding score, 22.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Command A has the edge where the benchmark that matters is CaseLaw (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview?
Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs $0.25 and $1.50. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Command A costs $2.69 and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $0.18.
Which has the bigger context window, Command A or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Command A vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview comparison based on?
44 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Command A's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.