Command A vs GPT-6 Astra
Updated October 21, 2026. 41 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 41 shared
Decision reading
Only GPT-6 Astra has a coding score, 85.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Command A has the edge where output tokens cost 5.0x less.
Model ACommand ACohereNot benchmarked1 independent benchmark$2.69 per solved taskModel BGPT-6 AstraOpenAI85.1/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
- Shared results
- 41
- Command A only
- 19
- GPT-6 Astra only
- 78
- 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 GPT-6 Astra has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra leads, 52.7 against 13.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra leads, 51.0 against 1.0.
Same board, both measured
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 GPT-6 Astra has a Design Arena: websites result, 1337.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a Vals Index result, 65.0%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra takes 1.05M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Command A
Command A $0.0075, GPT-6 Astra $0.035 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
- Command A not benchmarked, GPT-6 Astra 85.1 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 47.3 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI): Command A 17.6% against GPT-6 Astra 87.3%, 69.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command A $10.00 against GPT-6 Astra $50.00 per million output tokens, 5.0x apart.
- Context window
- Command A takes 256K tokens, GPT-6 Astra 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 | GPT-6 Astra | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 5 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 5 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 5 | ||
| General | 0 | 21 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 41 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index05
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 93.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1774 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| AA Coding Index | 27.8 | 76.9 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 35.1% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 7.8% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.6% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 89.6% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 5.5% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 100.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 17.6% | 87.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.3% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.6% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.1% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| SciCode | 38.5% | 56.5% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 53.3% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 65.5% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| GSO-Bench | Not measured | 79.4% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 93.3% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MirrorCode | Not measured | 46.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 2951.3 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1330 | 1489 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1336 | 1474 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1798 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1775 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1726 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 52.7 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 168.8 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | 51.0 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1374 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1357 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1312 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1348 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1244 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1369 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 85.2% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 84.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 82.4% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.9% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 9.0% | 53.5% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 20.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 39.4% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 7.1% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.3% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.9% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 65.1% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | Not measured | 90.5% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 19.2% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 23.3% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 64.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Remote Labor Index | Not measured | 20.8% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| BALROG | Not measured | 68.3% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SpireClimb | Not measured | 25.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $15,515 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 92.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.1% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.1% | 96.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.0% | 54.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 95.8% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 98.5% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 95.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 74.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 84.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 76.2% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1326 | 1463 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1296 | 1489 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1335 | 1464 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1297 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1337 | Only GPT-6 Astra 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 | GPT-6 Astra | 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 | 100.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 93.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 97.6% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 99.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1300 | 1465 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1312 | 1484 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 79.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| 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% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 19.7% | 48.5% | GPT-6 Astra |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 71.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 75.6% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1339 | 1451 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1334 | 1425 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1348 | 1462 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1315 | 1439 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1337 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1396 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1476 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1334 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1500 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1379 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1431 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1359 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 82.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index021
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 65.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 83.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.4% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 55.7% | 87.9% | GPT-6 Astra |
| IFBench | 73.9% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.7% | 80.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 97.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 64.4% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 80.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1441 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1309 | 1455 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1319 | 1420 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1280 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1344 | 1447 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1313 | 1432 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1327 | 1489 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: German | 1342 | 1459 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1285 | 1405 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1285 | 1428 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: French | 1351 | 1432 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1347 | 1422 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1314 | 1438 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1324 | 1422 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1338 | 1447 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1334 | 1460 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1328 | 1437 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1306 | 1427 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1280 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1361 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1292 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1286 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | GPT-6 Astra | 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
GPT-6 Astra$0.035Fits in one request
Command A costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Command A$0.155Fits in one request
GPT-6 Astra$0.650Fits in one request
Command A costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Command A$0.600Fits in one request
GPT-6 Astra$2.50Fits in one request
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 | Cohere Command A | OpenAI GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | OpenAI |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 13, 2025 | September 4, 2026 |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $10.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 85.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.69 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command A better than GPT-6 Astra for coding?
Only GPT-6 Astra has a coding score, 85.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Command A has the edge where output tokens cost 5.0x less.
Which is cheaper, Command A or GPT-6 Astra?
Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Astra costs $10.00 and $50.00. Cost per solved task is known for Command A only.
Which has the bigger context window, Command A or GPT-6 Astra?
GPT-6 Astra, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Command A vs GPT-6 Astra comparison based on?
41 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Command A's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and GPT-6 Astra's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.