Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026

Command A vs Kimi Chat 1.5 benchmark

Name: Command A vs Kimi Chat 1.5 AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Command A (Cohere) and Kimi Chat 1.5 (Moonshot) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. On preference Elo, Kimi Chat 1.5 is ahead by 76 points (1,420 vs 1,344; lmarena (Aug 17, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Kimi Chat 1.5 resolves 51% versus 42.6% (swebench (Aug 17, 2026)). Command A streams faster (118 tok/s) while Kimi Chat 1.5 is the cheaper output token ($0.8/1M). Kimi Chat 1.5 has the larger context window (2M 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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Cohere

Command A

Cohere enterprise RAG and tool-use model.

Elo 1,344$10/1M out

Moonshot

Kimi Chat 1.5

Moonshot ultra-long context model supporting up to 2 million tokens per request.

Elo 1,420$0.8/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Command A (2)vsKimi Chat 1.5 (8)

Command A: 2W (20%)Overall: Kimi Chat 1.5Kimi Chat 1.5: 8W (80%)

← Command AKimi Chat 1.5 →

Kimi Chat 1.5 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,344vs1,420

Coding Elo

—vs1,390

SWE-bench

42.6%vs51%

LiveBench

56.2%vs58%

GPQA Diamond

66%vs71.5%

Command A: 0WKimi Chat 1.5: 5W

Command A (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

118 tok/svs95 tok/s

Time to first token

175 msvs210 ms

Command A: 2WKimi Chat 1.5: 0W

Kimi Chat 1.5 (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$10/1Mvs$0.8/1M

Input price

$2.5/1Mvs$0.2/1M

Context window

256kvs2M

Command A: 0WKimi Chat 1.5: 3W

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Dimensional AdvantageKimi Chat 1.5 5/6

Preference Elo

Kimi Chat 1.5

76 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Command A

23 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

Kimi Chat 1.5

$9.20/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,344

EloHigh is better

1,420+6%

Code Elo

High is better

—

Code EloHigh is better

1,390

LiveBench

High is better

56.2%

LiveBenchHigh is better

58%+3%

SWE-bench

High is better

42.6%

SWE-benchHigh is better

51%+20%

GPQA

High is better

66%

GPQAHigh is better

71.5%+8%

TTFT

Low is better

+20%175 ms

TTFTLow is better

210 ms

Speed

High is better

+24%118 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

95 tok/s

In $

Low is better

$2.5/1M

In $Low is better

$0.2/1M+1150%

Out $

Low is better

$10/1M

Out $Low is better

$0.8/1M+1150%

Context

High is better

256k

ContextHigh is better

2M+681%

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

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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)

Command A$237.50 / mo

In: $87.50Out: $150.00

Kimi Chat 1.5$19.00 / mo

In: $7.00Out: $12.00

Estimated Cost Delta

Kimi Chat 1.5 is estimated to save $218.50/month ($2,622/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Kimi Chat 1.5:Pick Kimi Chat 1.5 when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Command A:Pick Command A when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.
3
Kimi Chat 1.5:Pick Kimi Chat 1.5 for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsKimi Chat 1.5

Higher SWE-bench (51%).

High-volume chatKimi Chat 1.5

Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).

Voice / low-latency UICommand A

Lower TTFT (175 ms).

Long-document RAGKimi Chat 1.5

Larger window (2M).

Screenshots / visionKimi Chat 1.5

Kimi Chat 1.5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Kimi Chat 1.5	Higher SWE-bench (51%).
High-volume chat	Kimi Chat 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Command A	Lower TTFT (175 ms).
Long-document RAG	Kimi Chat 1.5	Larger window (2M).
Screenshots / vision	Kimi Chat 1.5	Kimi Chat 1.5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Cohere

Command A

Elo 1,344

LiveBench56.2%

SWE-bench42.6%

Speed118 tok/s

Output cost$10/1M

Moonshot

Kimi Chat 1.5

Elo 1,420

LiveBench58%

SWE-bench51%

Speed95 tok/s

Output cost$0.8/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Command A or Kimi Chat 1.5?: Kimi Chat 1.5 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,420). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Command A or Kimi Chat 1.5?: Kimi Chat 1.5 leads SWE-bench at 51% vs 42.6%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Kimi Chat 1.5 output tokens are $0.8/1M versus $10/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Command A or Kimi Chat 1.5?: Command A has the lower time-to-first-token (175 ms vs 210 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Kimi Chat 1.5 accepts 2M tokens versus 256k.
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. Command A and Kimi Chat 1.5 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Command A vs Kimi Chat 1.5 benchmark

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Command A (2)vsKimi Chat 1.5 (8)

Command A: 2W (20%)Overall: Kimi Chat 1.5Kimi Chat 1.5: 8W (80%)

← Command AKimi Chat 1.5 →

Kimi Chat 1.5 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,344vs1,420

Coding Elo

—vs1,390

SWE-bench

42.6%vs51%

LiveBench

56.2%vs58%

GPQA Diamond

66%vs71.5%

Command A: 0WKimi Chat 1.5: 5W

Command A (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

118 tok/svs95 tok/s

Time to first token

175 msvs210 ms

Command A: 2WKimi Chat 1.5: 0W

Kimi Chat 1.5 (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$10/1Mvs$0.8/1M

Input price

$2.5/1Mvs$0.2/1M

Context window

256kvs2M

Command A: 0WKimi Chat 1.5: 3W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsKimi Chat 1.5

Higher SWE-bench (51%).

High-volume chatKimi Chat 1.5

Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).

Voice / low-latency UICommand A

Lower TTFT (175 ms).

Long-document RAGKimi Chat 1.5

Larger window (2M).

Screenshots / visionKimi Chat 1.5

Kimi Chat 1.5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Kimi Chat 1.5	Higher SWE-bench (51%).
High-volume chat	Kimi Chat 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Command A	Lower TTFT (175 ms).
Long-document RAG	Kimi Chat 1.5	Larger window (2M).
Screenshots / vision	Kimi Chat 1.5	Kimi Chat 1.5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Command A or Kimi Chat 1.5?

Kimi Chat 1.5 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,420). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Command A or Kimi Chat 1.5?

Kimi Chat 1.5 leads SWE-bench at 51% vs 42.6%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Kimi Chat 1.5 output tokens are $0.8/1M versus $10/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Command A or Kimi Chat 1.5?

Command A has the lower time-to-first-token (175 ms vs 210 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Kimi Chat 1.5 accepts 2M tokens versus 256k.

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. Command A and Kimi Chat 1.5 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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