Latest release
Choose Command A
Command A is the newer release (March 2025, against November 2024 for Mistral Large 2.1).
Command A vs Mistral Large 2.1: price, context and capabilities
Choose Command A for the latest release; on the other points the two are level or the data is missing.
In short
- Mistral Large 2.1 has been retired; Command A is the one you can still call.
- A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
- Command A is the newer model (March 2025, against November 2024).
- Only Command A offers tool calling, structured output.
Which should you choose?
Each answer below comes straight from the published prices, specifications and independent benchmark results.
Specifications side by side
| Command A | Mistral Large 2.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Category | Language models | Language models |
| Status | Generally available | Retired |
| Headline price | No data | No data |
| Input | No data | No data |
| Output | No data | No data |
| Cached input | No data | No data |
| Context window | 256k | No data |
| Max output | No data | No data |
| Released | March 2025 | November 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Capabilities | Tool calling, Structured output | No data |
| API model id | command-a-03-2025 | mistral-large-2411 |
Benchmarks side by side
Leader in bold.
| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Large 2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Mistral Large 2.1?
Choose Command A for the latest release; on the other points the two are level or the data is missing.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Mistral Large 2.1?
A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
What is the difference between Command A and Mistral Large 2.1?
Command A is made by Cohere and Mistral Large 2.1 by Mistral AI. Mistral Large 2.1 has been retired; Command A is the one you can still call. A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price. Command A is the newer model (March 2025, against November 2024). Only Command A offers tool calling, structured output.
Which is newer, Command A or Mistral Large 2.1?
Command A was released on March 2025 and Mistral Large 2.1 on November 2024.