Command A vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads Command A on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 45.4 to 13.1, and Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs 1.7x less per output token ($6.00 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 48 benchmarks have a result for both.
Command A or Qwen3.8 Max (0902): which to pick
Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) has a coding score, 62.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 48
- Command A only
- 12
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902) only
- 65
- 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
Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads, 45.4 against 13.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads, 56.0 against 1.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads, 93.7% 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
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads, 88.6% against 69.2%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) has a Design Arena: websites result, 1275.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) takes 1M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Command A $0.0075, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $0.0050 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Command A $2.69, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $1.32.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Command A not benchmarked, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 62.4 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 48.3 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI): Command A 7.8% against Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 85.6%, 77.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command A $10.00 against Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $6.00 per million output tokens, 1.7x apart.
- Context window
- Command A takes 256K tokens, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 1M.
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 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 7 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 6 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 9 | ||
| General | 0 | 21 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 48 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index07
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 60.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1674 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| AA Coding Index | 27.8 | 76.2 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 35.1% | 87.8% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 7.8% | 85.6% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 34.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.7% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 24.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 17.6% | 67.4% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 42.5% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.8% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 42.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 28.6% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| SciCode | 38.5% | 53.2% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 17.8% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1330 | 1502 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1336 | 1498 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1692 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1649 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1637 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 45.4 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 157.4 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | 56.0 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1300 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1305 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1224 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1202 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1234 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1258 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 937 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 69.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 32.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 42.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 9.0% | 50.6% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.1% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.6% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 60.1% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 63.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Search | Not measured | 1261 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.5% | 93.7% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 88.2% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 23.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.1% | 92.8% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.0% | 43.1% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 92.7% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 46.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 38.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1326 | 1496 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1296 | 1507 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1335 | 1503 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1323 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1336 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | 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 Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 74.7% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 46.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 58.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1300 | 1501 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1312 | 1491 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index09
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.2% | 88.6% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 79.7% | 83.6% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 64.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 46.0% | 65.8% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 61.4% | 75.5% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 19.7% | 40.7% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 71.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 47.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1339 | 1512 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1334 | 1503 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1348 | 1492 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1315 | 1480 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1275 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1340 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1313 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1282 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1337 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1293 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1200 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 78.6% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index021
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 78.4% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.1% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.2% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 55.7% | 85.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 65.4% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| IFBench | 73.9% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.7% | 80.3% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 92.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 46.2% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 20.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1483 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1309 | 1481 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1319 | 1477 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1313 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1344 | 1491 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1313 | 1473 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1327 | 1539 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: German | 1342 | 1478 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1285 | 1473 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1285 | 1460 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: French | 1351 | 1498 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1347 | 1489 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1314 | 1482 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1324 | 1471 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1338 | 1489 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1334 | 1488 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1328 | 1477 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1306 | 1464 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1311 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1358 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1322 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1304 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1312 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | 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
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 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 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 13, 2025 | September 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 256K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $6.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 62.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.69 | $1.32 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command A better than Qwen3.8 Max (0902) for coding?
Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) has a coding score, 62.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?
Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs $2.00 and $6.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Command A costs $2.69 and Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $1.32.
Which has the bigger context window, Command A or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?
Qwen3.8 Max (0902), with 1M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Command A vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902) comparison based on?
48 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Command A's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3.8 Max (0902)'s on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.