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Cohere · Released Aug 30, 2024

Command R

Cohere retrieval model for long-context chat and enterprise RAG workflows.

  • Open weights
  • Tool calling
Capability
—No ECI score yet
Input
$0.15per 1M tokens
Output
$0.60per 1M tokens
Context
128K4K max output
Pricing

What it costs

Input
$0.15per million tokens
Output
$0.60per million tokens
Blended (3:1)
$0.263cheaper than 73% of priced models

Typical monthly bills

Monthly usageEstimated cost
Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens$0.60
Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens$6.75
Production app250M input + 50M output tokens$67.50

Official Cohere API price, as listed on models.dev.

Capability

Independent benchmarks

Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Command R yet.

Specifications

The details

Lab
Cohere
Released
Aug 30, 2024
Knowledge cutoff
Jun 1, 2024
Context window
128,000 tokens
Max output
4,000 tokens
Inputs
Text
Output
Text
Reasoning
No
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
No
API model ID
command-r-08-2024on Cohere
Availability
5 API providerslisted on models.dev

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Questions

About Command R

How much does Command R cost?

Command R costs $0.15 input / $0.60 output per million tokens (official Cohere API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.263 per million tokens, cheaper than 73% of the 360 priced models we track.

What is the context window of Command R?

Command R accepts up to 128,000 tokens per request and can write up to 4,000 tokens in one response.

How good is Command R?

Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Command R yet.

Is Command R open source?

Yes. Cohere publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.

What inputs does Command R support?

Command R accepts text and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, supports tool calling.

When was Command R released?

Cohere released Command R on Aug 30, 2024. Its training data runs to Jun 1, 2024.

What are the best alternatives to Command R?

The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Llama-3.2-11B-Vision-Instruct (Meta, $0.197 / $0.51), Qwen-MT Turbo (Alibaba (Qwen), $0.16 / $0.49), Pixtral 12B (Mistral AI, $0.15 / $0.15) and solar-mini (Upstage, $0.15 / $0.15).