Command A vs GPT-4 Turbo Preview: price, context and capabilities

Choose Command A for very long inputs and the latest release. Choose GPT-4 Turbo Preview for images as input.

In short

  • A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
  • Command A reads more per request: 256k tokens against 128k.
  • Command A is the newer model (March 2025, against November 2023).
  • Only GPT-4 Turbo Preview offers vision, batch api.

Open in the full comparison table

Which should you choose?

Each answer below comes straight from the published prices, specifications and independent benchmark results.

Very long inputs

Choose Command A

Command A reads up to 256k tokens per request, against 128k for GPT-4 Turbo Preview.

Images as input

Choose GPT-4 Turbo Preview

GPT-4 Turbo Preview accepts images as input; Command A does not.

Latest release

Choose Command A

Command A is the newer release (March 2025, against November 2023 for GPT-4 Turbo Preview).

Specifications side by side

Command AGPT-4 Turbo Preview
ProviderCohereOpenAI
CategoryLanguage modelsLanguage models
StatusGenerally availableDeprecated
Headline priceNo dataNo data
InputNo dataNo data
OutputNo dataNo data
Cached inputNo dataNo data
Context window256k128k
Max outputNo data4k
ReleasedMarch 2025November 2023
Knowledge cutoffNo dataDecember 2023
LicenceProprietaryProprietary
CapabilitiesTool calling, Structured outputVision, Tool calling, Structured output, Batch API
API model idcommand-a-03-2025gpt-4-turbo-preview

Benchmarks side by side

Leader in bold.

BenchmarkCommand AGPT-4 Turbo Preview
Terminal-Bench Hard 0.8% No data
GPQA Diamond 52.7% No data
Humanity's Last Exam 4% No data
IFBench (instruction following) 36.5% No data
τ²-Bench (agentic tool use) 15.2% No data
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR) 21.3% No data

Independent evaluations by Artificial Analysis, run the same way for every model, at the reasoning setting shown. Percentages unless marked as an index.

Frequently asked questions

Should I choose Command A or GPT-4 Turbo Preview?

Choose Command A for very long inputs and the latest release. Choose GPT-4 Turbo Preview for images as input.

Which is cheaper, Command A or GPT-4 Turbo Preview?

A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.

Which has the larger context window, Command A or GPT-4 Turbo Preview?

Command A reads more per request: 256k tokens against 128k.

What is the difference between Command A and GPT-4 Turbo Preview?

Command A is made by Cohere and GPT-4 Turbo Preview by OpenAI. A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price. Command A reads more per request: 256k tokens against 128k. Command A is the newer model (March 2025, against November 2023). Only GPT-4 Turbo Preview offers vision, batch api.

Which is newer, Command A or GPT-4 Turbo Preview?

Command A was released on March 2025 and GPT-4 Turbo Preview on November 2023.