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CohereReleased May 20, 2026Command A+
Cohere · Released May 20, 2026
Intelligence score
23
At a glance
- Intelligence
- 23
- Speed
- 190.8tokens/sec
- Latency
- 410mstime to first token
- Input price
- Not published
- Output price
- Not published
- Context window
- 190Ktokens
- Parameters
- 218billions
Summary
Comparison summary
Command A+ scores 23 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 25). Command A+ generates output at 190.8 tokens per second (based on Cohere's API), which is well above average compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 64.8 t/s).
Specifications
Technical specifications
| Model name | Command A+ |
|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere |
| Release date | May 20, 2026 |
| Intelligence score | 23 |
| Speed | 190.8 tokens/sec |
| Latency (TTFT) | 0.41s |
| Input price | Not published |
| Output price | Not published |
| Context window | 190,000 tokens |
| Parameters | 218B |
| Reasoning | Yes |
| Input modalities | text, image |
| Output modalities | — |
| Open weights | Yes |
| License | Apache 2 |
| API availability | — |
| Source | Model Intelligence legacy profile: command-a-plus |
FAQ · 19
Frequently asked questions
Command A+ was released on May 20, 2026.
Command A+ was created by Cohere.
Command A+ scores 23 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 25).
Command A+ generates output at 190.8 tokens per second (based on Cohere's API), which is well above average compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 64.8 t/s).
Command A+ has a time to first token (TTFT) of 0.41s (based on Cohere's API), which is very competitive compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 2.03s).
When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Command A+ generated 63M output tokens, which is better than average compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 92M).
Yes, Command A+ is a reasoning model. It uses extended thinking or chain-of-thought reasoning to work through complex problems before providing an answer.
Command A+ supports text and image input.
Command A+ supports text output.
Yes, Command A+ supports image input and can analyze, describe, and answer questions about images.
Yes, Command A+ is multimodal. It can process text and image input and generate text output.
Command A+ has a context window of 190k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Yes, Command A+ is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Command A+ has 218 billion parameters (25 billion active).
Command A+ is a Mixture of Experts (MoE) model with 218 billion total parameters, but only 25 billion active parameters are used during inference.
Command A+ is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use.
Command A+ achieves a score of 23 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
Yes, Command A+ is available via API through 1 provider.
Command A+ is available through 1 API provider.