Command A vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Updated October 21, 2026. 48 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 3.5 Flash Lite has a coding score, 49.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 48
- Command A only
- 12
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only
- 35
- 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 3.5 Flash Lite has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads, 22.2 against 13.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads, 14.3 against 1.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads, 83.8% against 48.5%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only Command A has a AIME result, 13.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads, 85.8% against 69.2%.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Command A $0.0075, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.0015 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Command A $2.69, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.41.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Command A not benchmarked, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 49.0 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 29.6 points apart on average over 7 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI): Command A 7.8% against Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 75.0%, 67.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command A $10.00 against Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $2.50 per million output tokens, 4.0x apart.
- Context window
- Command A takes 256K tokens, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 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 3.5 Flash Lite | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 7 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 6 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 9 | ||
| General | 0 | 21 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 48 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index07
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1435 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| AA Coding Index | 27.8 | 49.3 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 35.1% | 79.0% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 7.8% | 75.0% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 37.2% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 6.2% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 17.6% | 50.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.1% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| SciCode | 38.5% | 41.3% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 39.0% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 765.3 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1330 | 1453 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1336 | 1451 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1408 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1448 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 22.2 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 144.9 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | 14.3 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 9.0% | 47.4% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 7.2% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 13.9% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.2% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 29.3% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.5% | 83.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.6% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.1% | 83.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.0% | 18.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 83.3% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 53.5% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 10.3% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 21.0% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 19.0% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1326 | 1441 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1296 | 1434 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1335 | 1440 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1284 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1291 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 13.3% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| 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 |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 71.1% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 26.0% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 13.0% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1300 | 1434 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1312 | 1433 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index09
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.2% | 85.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 79.7% | 84.1% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 64.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 46.0% | 60.7% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 61.4% | 72.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.7% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 19.7% | 43.5% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 71.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1339 | 1451 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1334 | 1438 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1348 | 1431 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1315 | 1423 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index021
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.8% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.3% | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 55.7% | 70.9% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| IFBench | 73.9% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.7% | 76.0% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 83.5% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 37.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1435 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1309 | 1419 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1319 | 1421 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1269 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1344 | 1438 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1313 | 1427 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1327 | 1468 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: German | 1342 | 1454 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1285 | 1426 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1285 | 1407 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: French | 1351 | 1451 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1347 | 1441 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1314 | 1443 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1324 | 1437 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1338 | 1445 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1334 | 1435 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1328 | 1428 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1306 | 1414 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1269 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1311 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1280 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1287 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1260 | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | 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 3.5 Flash Lite costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 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 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 13, 2025 | July 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $2.50 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 49.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.69 | $0.41 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command A better than Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for coding?
Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has a coding score, 49.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?
Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.30 and $2.50. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Command A costs $2.69 and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.41.
Which has the bigger context window, Command A or Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Command A vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite comparison based on?
48 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Command A's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.