Command A vs Qwen3 32B
Updated October 21, 2026. 37 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Command A has the edge where the context window is larger, 256K against 131K tokens, and where what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 37
- Command A only
- 23
- Qwen3 32B only
- 5
- 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
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Command A
Command A leads, 13.1 against 7.3.
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
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
Long documents
Listed context window
Command A
Command A takes 256K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 32B
Command A $0.0075, Qwen3 32B $0.0003 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, Qwen3 32B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 50.9 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Math Index: Command A 13.0 against Qwen3 32B 73.0, 60.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command A $10.00 against Qwen3 32B $0.40 per million output tokens, 25.0x apart.
- Context window
- Command A takes 256K tokens, Qwen3 32B 131K.
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 | Qwen3 32B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 3 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 4 | ||
| General | 10 | 6 | ||
| All shared boards | 17 | 20 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index23
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 40.0% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| AA Coding Index | 27.8 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| 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 2.1 (Vals AI) | 17.6% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | 54.6% | Qwen3 32B |
| SciCode | 38.5% | 36.0% | Command A |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | 3.0% | Command A |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1330 | 1357 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1336 | 1366 | Qwen3 32B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 7.3 | Command A |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 138.4 | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 9.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.7% | 29.8% | Command A |
| Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.1% | 66.8% | Command A |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.0% | 7.4% | Command A |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 65.7% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1326 | 1334 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1296 | 1362 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1335 | 1350 | Qwen3 32B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 32B | 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 | 73.0 | Qwen3 32B |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.0% | 73.0% | Qwen3 32B |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 66.9% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1300 | 1399 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1312 | 1420 | Qwen3 32B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 32B | 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% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 71.2% | 79.8% | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: science | 1339 | 1372 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1334 | 1368 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1348 | 1324 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1315 | 1318 | Qwen3 32B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index106
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 55.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| IFBench | 73.9% | 36.3% | Command A |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.7% | 0.0% | Command A |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 67.5% | Qwen3 32B |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 17.3% | Qwen3 32B |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 74.2% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1340 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1309 | 1305 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1319 | 1297 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: English | 1344 | 1359 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1313 | 1317 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1327 | 1357 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: German | 1342 | 1341 | Command A |
| 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 | 1311 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1324 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1338 | 1331 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1334 | 1327 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1328 | 1298 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1306 | 1279 | Command A |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3 32B | 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
Qwen3 32B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 32B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 32B 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 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | March 13, 2025 | April 28, 2025 |
| Context window | 256K | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $0.40 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.69 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command A better than Qwen3 32B for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Command A has the edge where the context window is larger, 256K against 131K tokens, and where what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Qwen3 32B?
Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 32B costs $0.14 and $0.40. Cost per solved task is known for Command A only.
Which has the bigger context window, Command A or Qwen3 32B?
Command A, with 256K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Command A vs Qwen3 32B comparison based on?
37 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Command A's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3 32B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.