Command A vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
Updated October 21, 2026. 47 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
vs boards won of 47 shared
Decision reading
Only Gemini 3.8 Flash has a coding score, 61.6 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Command A has the edge where a solved task costs $2.69 against $2.74.
Model ACommand ACohereNot benchmarked1 independent benchmark$2.69 per solved taskModel BGemini 3.8 FlashGoogle61.6/1006 independent benchmarks$2.74 per solved task
- Shared results
- 47
- Command A only
- 13
- Gemini 3.8 Flash only
- 79
- 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 3.8 Flash has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads, 40.9 against 13.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads, 40.2 against 1.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads, 94.4% 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 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads, 90.2% against 69.2%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 3.8 Flash has a Design Arena: websites result, 1301.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Gemini 3.8 Flash has a Vals Index result, 56.0%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Command A $0.0075, Gemini 3.8 Flash $0.0026 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Command A
Command A $2.69, Gemini 3.8 Flash $2.74.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Command A not benchmarked, Gemini 3.8 Flash 61.6 from 6 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 45.8 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI): Command A 7.8% against Gemini 3.8 Flash 80.0%, 72.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command A $10.00 against Gemini 3.8 Flash $3.75 per million output tokens, 2.7x apart.
- Context window
- Command A takes 256K tokens, Gemini 3.8 Flash 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 3.8 Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 7 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 6 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 8 | ||
| General | 0 | 21 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 47 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index07
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 82.2% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1585 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| AA Coding Index | 27.8 | 76.3 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 35.1% | 89.5% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 7.8% | 80.0% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 19.7% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.7% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.5% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 1.0% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.9% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 17.6% | 81.3% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.8% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 18.8% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 58.0% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.8% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| SciCode | 38.5% | 56.6% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 41.2% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 19.6% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 84.8% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1269.7 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1330 | 1508 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1336 | 1507 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1577 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1616 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1593 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 40.9 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 157.4 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | 40.2 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1238 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1244 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1236 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1071 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1273 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1178 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1051 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 79.1% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 64.0% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 30.1% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 11.1% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 9.0% | 61.4% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.1% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.9% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.1% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.2% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.2% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.6% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 35.8% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | Not measured | 18.8% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.2% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 64.3% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Remote Labor Index | Not measured | 5.8% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $5,094 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.5% | 94.4% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 89.3% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.5% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 89.1% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.1% | 95.3% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.0% | 47.8% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 95.4% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 98.5% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 89.2% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 58.0% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 47.0% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1326 | 1509 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1296 | 1526 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1335 | 1504 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1345 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1351 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.8 Flash | 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 | 98.9% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 68.4% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 22.0% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 48.0% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1300 | 1532 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1312 | 1519 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.2% | 90.2% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 79.7% | 87.0% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 64.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 46.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 61.4% | 74.5% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.3% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 19.7% | 48.1% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 71.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 69.7% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1339 | 1523 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1334 | 1508 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1348 | 1497 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1315 | 1479 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1301 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1318 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1305 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1269 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1295 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1304 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1295 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1264 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 72.7% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index021
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 56.0% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 54.0% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.3% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 35.1% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 55.7% | 84.5% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| IFBench | 73.9% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.7% | 84.0% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 95.7% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 52.9% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Surface Evolver Bench | Not measured | 76.9% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 31.7% | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1499 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1309 | 1492 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1319 | 1488 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1315 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1344 | 1498 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1313 | 1491 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1327 | 1553 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1342 | 1501 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1285 | 1507 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1285 | 1464 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1351 | 1496 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1347 | 1487 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1314 | 1514 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1324 | 1497 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1338 | 1503 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1334 | 1507 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1328 | 1494 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1306 | 1480 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1318 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1416 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1333 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1321 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1299 | Only Gemini 3.8 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3.8 Flash | 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$0.0075Fits in one request
Gemini 3.8 Flash$0.0026Fits in one request
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Command A$0.155Fits in one request
Gemini 3.8 Flash$0.049Fits in one request
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Command A$0.600Fits in one request
Gemini 3.8 Flash$0.188Fits in one request
Gemini 3.8 Flash 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 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 13, 2025 | September 2, 2026 |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.75 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $3.75 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 61.6 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 6 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.69 | $2.74 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command A better than Gemini 3.8 Flash for coding?
Only Gemini 3.8 Flash has a coding score, 61.6 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Command A has the edge where a solved task costs $2.69 against $2.74.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.75 and $3.75. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Command A costs $2.69 and Gemini 3.8 Flash $2.74.
Which has the bigger context window, Command A or Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Gemini 3.8 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Command A vs Gemini 3.8 Flash comparison based on?
47 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Command A's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Gemini 3.8 Flash's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.