Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Command A benchmark

Name: Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Command A AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Anthropic) and Command A (Cohere) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. On preference Elo, Command A is ahead by 64 points (1,344 vs 1,280; lmarena (Aug 17, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Claude 3.5 Sonnet resolves 49% versus 42.6% (swebench (Aug 17, 2026)). Command A streams faster (118 tok/s) while Command A is the cheaper output token ($10/1M). Command A has the larger context window (256k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Anthropic

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

2024 workhorse. Still a high-intent compare against GPT-4o.

Elo 1,280$15/1M out

Cohere

Command A

Cohere enterprise RAG and tool-use model.

Elo 1,344$10/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (1)vsCommand A (8)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 1W (11%)Overall: Command ACommand A: 8W (89%)

← Claude 3.5 SonnetCommand A →

Command A (3/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,280vs1,344

Coding Elo

—vs—

SWE-bench

49%vs42.6%

LiveBench

52.1%vs56.2%

GPQA Diamond

65%vs66%

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 1WCommand A: 3W

Command A (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

80 tok/svs118 tok/s

Time to first token

280 msvs175 ms

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 0WCommand A: 2W

Command A (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$15/1Mvs$10/1M

Input price

$3/1Mvs$2.5/1M

Context window

200kvs256k

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 0WCommand A: 3W

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Dimensional AdvantageCommand A 5/6

Preference Elo

Command A

64 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Command A

38 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

Command A

$5.00/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,280

EloHigh is better

1,344+5%

LiveBench

High is better

52.1%

LiveBenchHigh is better

56.2%+8%

SWE-bench

High is better

+15%49%

SWE-benchHigh is better

42.6%

GPQA

High is better

65%

GPQAHigh is better

66%+2%

TTFT

Low is better

280 ms

TTFTLow is better

175 ms+60%

Speed

High is better

80 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

118 tok/s+48%

In $

Low is better

$3/1M

In $Low is better

$2.5/1M+20%

Out $

Low is better

$15/1M

Out $Low is better

$10/1M+50%

Context

High is better

200k

ContextHigh is better

256k+28%

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Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 28% with Command A

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet$330.00 / mo

In: $105.00Out: $225.00

Command A$237.50 / mo

In: $87.50Out: $150.00

Estimated Cost Delta

Command A is estimated to save $92.50/month ($1,110/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Claude 3.5 Sonnet:Pick Claude 3.5 Sonnet when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Command A:Pick Command A when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Command A:Pick Command A when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude 3.5 Sonnet

Higher SWE-bench (49%).

High-volume chatCommand A

Lower output list price ($10/1M).

Voice / low-latency UICommand A

Lower TTFT (175 ms).

Long-document RAGCommand A

Larger window (256k).

Screenshots / visionClaude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude 3.5 Sonnet	Higher SWE-bench (49%).
High-volume chat	Command A	Lower output list price ($10/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Command A	Lower TTFT (175 ms).
Long-document RAG	Command A	Larger window (256k).
Screenshots / vision	Claude 3.5 Sonnet	Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Anthropic

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Elo 1,280

LiveBench52.1%

SWE-bench49%

Speed80 tok/s

Output cost$15/1M

Cohere

Command A

Elo 1,344

LiveBench56.2%

SWE-bench42.6%

Speed118 tok/s

Output cost$10/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Command A?: Command A has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,344). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Command A?: Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads SWE-bench at 49% vs 42.6%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Command A output tokens are $10/1M versus $15/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Command A?: Command A has the lower time-to-first-token (175 ms vs 280 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Command A accepts 256k tokens versus 200k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Command A Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Command A benchmark

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Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (1)vsCommand A (8)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 1W (11%)Overall: Command ACommand A: 8W (89%)

← Claude 3.5 SonnetCommand A →

Command A (3/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,280vs1,344

Coding Elo

—vs—

SWE-bench

49%vs42.6%

LiveBench

52.1%vs56.2%

GPQA Diamond

65%vs66%

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 1WCommand A: 3W

Command A (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

80 tok/svs118 tok/s

Time to first token

280 msvs175 ms

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 0WCommand A: 2W

Command A (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$15/1Mvs$10/1M

Input price

$3/1Mvs$2.5/1M

Context window

200kvs256k

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 0WCommand A: 3W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude 3.5 Sonnet

Higher SWE-bench (49%).

High-volume chatCommand A

Lower output list price ($10/1M).

Voice / low-latency UICommand A

Lower TTFT (175 ms).

Long-document RAGCommand A

Larger window (256k).

Screenshots / visionClaude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude 3.5 Sonnet	Higher SWE-bench (49%).
High-volume chat	Command A	Lower output list price ($10/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Command A	Lower TTFT (175 ms).
Long-document RAG	Command A	Larger window (256k).
Screenshots / vision	Claude 3.5 Sonnet	Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Command A?

Command A has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,344). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Command A?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads SWE-bench at 49% vs 42.6%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Command A output tokens are $10/1M versus $15/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Command A?

Command A has the lower time-to-first-token (175 ms vs 280 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Command A accepts 256k tokens versus 200k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Command A Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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