Command A vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Updated October 21, 2026. 28 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 Flash Preview has a coding score, 43.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Command A has the edge where what matters is τ²-Bench Telecom or CaseLaw (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 28
- Command A only
- 32
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview only
- 41
- 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 Flash Preview has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 26.3 against 13.1.
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
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 87.9% against 48.5%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 95.6% against 13.3%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 88.6% against 69.2%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a Design Arena: websites result, 1196.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Command A $0.0075, Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.0020 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Command A $2.69, Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.37.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Command A not benchmarked, Gemini 3 Flash Preview 43.7 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 64.5 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AA Math Index: Command A 13.0 against Gemini 3 Flash Preview 97.0, 84.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command A $10.00 against Gemini 3 Flash Preview $3.00 per million output tokens, 3.3x apart.
- Context window
- Command A takes 256K tokens, Gemini 3 Flash 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 Flash Preview | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 5 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 7 | ||
| General | 0 | 5 | ||
| All shared boards | 2 | 26 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index05
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 75.8% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| AA Coding Index | 27.8 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 35.1% | 85.6% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 7.8% | 75.0% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 20.2% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 6.4% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 17.6% | 53.9% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | 90.8% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| SciCode | 38.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | 38.6% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 64.3% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| GSO-Bench | Not measured | 9.8% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 61.6% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1367.2 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1330 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1336 | Not measured | Only Command A 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 Flash Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 26.3 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1110 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1063 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1090 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1057 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1161 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1036 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 9.0% | 42.5% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 11.8% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 18.3% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 26.0% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.7% | 80.4% | Command A |
| BALROG | Not measured | 48.1% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | Not measured | 49.8% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $3,635 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.5% | 87.9% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.6% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.1% | 89.8% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.0% | 36.6% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 89.4% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 84.7% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 33.6% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 61.1% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 39.0% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 26.0% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| VPCT | Not measured | 72.6% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1326 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1296 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1335 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 13.3% | 95.6% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 76.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 85.7% | 93.3% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| AA Math Index | 13.0 | 97.0 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.0% | 97.0% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 95.6% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 51.2% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 17.1% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 15.0% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1300 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1312 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index17
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.2% | 88.6% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 79.7% | 86.9% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 64.5% | 55.8% | Command A |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 46.0% | 66.4% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 61.4% | 73.9% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.7% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 80.5% | 95.8% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 19.7% | 55.9% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 71.2% | 89.0% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 66.8% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| GeoBench | Not measured | 88.0% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1339 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1334 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1348 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1315 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1196 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1166 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1184 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1189 | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.8% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 55.7% | 69.9% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 52.2% | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| IFBench | 73.9% | 78.0% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.7% | 78.0% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 89.1% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 43.1% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1309 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1319 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1344 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1313 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1327 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1342 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1285 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1285 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1351 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1347 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1314 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1324 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1338 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1334 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1328 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1306 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 3 Flash 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 Flash Preview costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash 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 Flash Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 13, 2025 | December 17, 2025 |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.50 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $3.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 43.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.69 | $0.37 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command A better than Gemini 3 Flash Preview for coding?
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a coding score, 43.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Command A has the edge where what matters is τ²-Bench Telecom or CaseLaw (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Gemini 3 Flash Preview?
Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.50 and $3.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Command A costs $2.69 and Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.37.
Which has the bigger context window, Command A or Gemini 3 Flash Preview?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Command A vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview comparison based on?
28 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 Flash Preview's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.