Command A vs Llama 4 Maverick
Command A leads Llama 4 Maverick on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 13.1 to 9.3, and Llama 4 Maverick costs 10.0x less per output token ($1.00 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 57 benchmarks have a result for both.
Command A or Llama 4 Maverick: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Command A for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 57
- Command A only
- 5
- Llama 4 Maverick only
- 28
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
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
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Command A
Command A leads, 13.1 against 9.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Command A
Command A leads, 1.0 against 0.6.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick leads, 69.4% against 48.5%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick leads, 25.2% against 13.3%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick leads, 79.4% against 69.2%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a Design Arena: websites result, 871.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick takes 524K tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
Command A $0.0075, Llama 4 Maverick $0.0008 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Llama 4 Maverick
Command A $2.69, Llama 4 Maverick $1.491.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Command A not benchmarked, Llama 4 Maverick not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 31.6 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- τ²-Bench Telecom: Command A 80.7% against Llama 4 Maverick 17.8%, 62.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command A $10.00 against Llama 4 Maverick $1.00 per million output tokens, 10.0x apart.
- Context window
- Command A takes 256K tokens, Llama 4 Maverick 524K.
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 | Llama 4 Maverick | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 5 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 2 | ||
| Math | 2 | 5 | ||
| Knowledge | 6 | 5 | ||
| General | 20 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 41 | 16 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index52
| Benchmark | Command A | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 15.6% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 21.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| AA Coding Index | 27.8 | 16.3 | Command A |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 35.1% | 47.3% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 7.8% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 17.6% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | 39.7% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| SciCode | 38.5% | 31.7% | Command A |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | 6.8% | Command A |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 24.5% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 173.0 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1330 | 1301 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1336 | 1299 | Command A |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Command A | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 9.3 | Command A |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 132.2 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Command A | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | 0.6 | Command A |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 9.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.7% | 17.8% | Command A |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 46.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index52
| Benchmark | Command A | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.5% | 69.4% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.7% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.1% | 67.1% | Command A |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.0% | 4.9% | Command A |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 4.4% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 27.7% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1326 | 1281 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1296 | 1259 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1335 | 1295 | Command A |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1134 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1164 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | 55.9% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index25
| Benchmark | Command A | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 13.3% | 25.2% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 76.2% | 85.2% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 85.7% | 92.4% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| AA Math Index | 13.0 | 19.3 | Llama 4 Maverick |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.0% | 19.3% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| LMArena Text: math | 1300 | 1299 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1312 | 1295 | Command A |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index65
| Benchmark | Command A | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.2% | 79.4% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 79.7% | 77.8% | Command A |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 64.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 46.0% | 49.7% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 61.4% | 66.6% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 58.5% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 80.5% | 43.3% | Command A |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 19.7% | 36.5% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 71.2% | 80.9% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| GeoBench | Not measured | 52.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1339 | 1288 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1334 | 1275 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1348 | 1286 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1315 | 1260 | Command A |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 871 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 899 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 838 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 882 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 901 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 880 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index202
| Benchmark | Command A | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 35.7% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 55.7% | 54.2% | Command A |
| IFBench | 73.9% | 43.0% | Command A |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.7% | 50.0% | Command A |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 61.9% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 15.9% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 46.2% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 62.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1287 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1309 | 1267 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1319 | 1266 | Command A |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1142 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1344 | 1303 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1313 | 1269 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1327 | 1277 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: German | 1342 | 1291 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1285 | 1206 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1285 | 1203 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: French | 1351 | 1259 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1347 | 1293 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1314 | 1286 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1324 | 1275 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1338 | 1289 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1334 | 1280 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1328 | 1277 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1306 | 1250 | Command A |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1150 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1141 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1143 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1100 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1099 | Only Llama 4 Maverick 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 | Llama 4 Maverick | 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
Llama 4 Maverick costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Llama 4 Maverick costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Llama 4 Maverick 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 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | Meta Llama |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | March 13, 2025 | April 5, 2025 |
| Context window | 256K | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.35 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $1.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.69 | $1.491 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command A better than Llama 4 Maverick for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Command A for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Llama 4 Maverick?
Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.35 and $1.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Command A costs $2.69 and Llama 4 Maverick $1.491.
Which has the bigger context window, Command A or Llama 4 Maverick?
Llama 4 Maverick, with 524K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Command A vs Llama 4 Maverick comparison based on?
57 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Command A's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Llama 4 Maverick's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.