Is Command A better than Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?

On accuracy they are statistically tied: Command A scored 45.0% and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B 57.5% on the same 80 questions from open datasets. Similar accuracy; Command A costs less per question.

Which is cheaper, Command A or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?

Command A is cheaper: $0.007 per question as billed, against $0.015. List prices: Command A $2.5 in / $10 out, Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B $2 in / $6 out per million tokens.

Which is faster, Command A or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?

Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is faster at 44 output tokens per second, against 7. Time to first token: 1.8 s for Command A, 3.1 s for Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B.

Which has the larger context window, Command A or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?

Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B, with 1M tokens against 256k.

Head to head · tested 27 Oct 2026

Command A vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: accuracy, speed and price

Similar accuracy; Command A costs less per question.

CohereCommand A45.0% score · #49$0.007 per question7 tok/s

QwenQwen3.8 2.4T A95B57.5% score · #43$0.015 per question44 tok/s

Verdict

Built from the measurements below

Accuracy is too close to call: Command A scored 45.0% and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B 57.5% on the same 80 questions, a gap within what chance alone could produce.
Command A is 2.2× cheaper per question as billed ($0.007 vs $0.015), reasoning tokens included.
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B generates text 6.2× faster: 44 tokens per second against 7.
Command A starts answering sooner: 1.8 s to the first token, against 3.1 s for Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B.
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B accepts more context: 1M tokens against 256k.

Which should you choose?

Choose Command A for the lower cost per correct answer ($0.015 against $0.026), a quicker first token and shorter outputs (about 616 tokens per question against 2,408). Choose Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B for faster streaming, a 1M-token context window and more hosts to choose from on OpenRouter (5 against 1). The widest subject gap is in science: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B answered 21 of 30 correctly, Command A 12 of 30. With so few questions per subject, treat this as a lead to test on your own prompts, not a result.

Accuracy gap -12.5 points (z = -1.58). A winner is called only when z is at least 1.96, the usual 95% threshold. Speed, latency and price need a 10% margin.

Head to head

Same questions, same prompt, same API

Measure	Command A	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B	Edge
Verification scoreHigher is better	45.0%	57.5%	Too close to call
Cost per questionLower is better	$0.007	$0.015	Command A
Output speedHigher is better	7	44	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Time to first tokenLower is better	1.8 s	3.1 s	Command A
End-to-end response timeLower is better	53.4 s	14.8 s	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Tokens per questionLower is better	616	2,408	Command A
Context windowHigher is better	256k	1M	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B

Side by side

Bars are scaled to the larger of the two values. The winner on each measure is marked in bold.

Every measure

Command A first, Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B second

Verification scorehigher is better

Command A45.0%

Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B57.5%

Cost per questionlower is better

Command A$0.007

Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B$0.015

Output speedhigher is better

Command A7

Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B44

Time to first tokenlower is better

Command A1.8 s

Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B3.1 s

End-to-end response timelower is better

Command A53.4 s

Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B14.8 s

Tokens per questionlower is better

Command A616

Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B2,408

Context windowhigher is better

Command A256k

Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B1M

Score vs. cost per question

Both models in color, every other model in grey

Results by subject and dataset

Questions answered correctly. Small samples: a gap of one or two questions is noise.

Subject	Questions	Command A	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Science	30	12/30	21/30
Engineering	15	3/15	5/15
Medicine	11	6/11	4/11
Economics	9	6/9	7/9
Law	6	3/6	2/6
Humanities & social science	9	6/9	7/9
SuperGPQA dataset	50	12/50	23/50
MMLU-Pro dataset	30	24/30	23/30

Specifications and pricing

From OpenRouter's catalogue, plus the leaderboard's test dates

Specification	Command A	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Creator	Cohere	Qwen
Released	13 Mar 2025	12 Aug 2026
Weights	Open weights	Open weights
Reasoning	No	Yes
Input	text	text
Output	text	text
Context window	256k tokens	1M tokens
Knowledge cutoff	31 Aug 2024	—
List price in / out per 1M	$2.5 / $10	$2 / $6
Blended price per 1M (3:1)	$4.38	$3.00
Cheapest host	Cohere · $2.5 / $10	Novita · $2 / $6
Hosts on OpenRouter	1	5
Last tested	27 Oct 2026	27 Oct 2026

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Command A vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: frequently asked questions

Is Command A better than Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?: On accuracy they are statistically tied: Command A scored 45.0% and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B 57.5% on the same 80 questions from open datasets. Similar accuracy; Command A costs less per question.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?: Command A is cheaper: $0.007 per question as billed, against $0.015. List prices: Command A $2.5 in / $10 out, Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B $2 in / $6 out per million tokens.
Which is faster, Command A or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is faster at 44 output tokens per second, against 7. Time to first token: 1.8 s for Command A, 3.1 s for Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B.
Which has the larger context window, Command A or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B, with 1M tokens against 256k.