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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Command R7B Arabic vs Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) comes out ahead, 72 to 65 on our weighted score, though Command R7B Arabic is 7% cheaper per token.

  1. Cohere

    Command R7B Arabic

    Released Feb 27, 2025

    65/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.037 / $0.15
    • Context128K
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  2. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)

    Released Oct 15, 2025

    72/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.022 / $0.215
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)

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01 — Verdict

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is our pick

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Command R7B Arabic (65). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceCommand R7B ArabicCommand R7B Arabic $0.066 · Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) $0.07 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) 262,144 · Command R7B Arabic 128,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsQwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Command R7B Arabic: Text · Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud): Text, Images
  • Self-hostingCommand R7B ArabicPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightCommand R7B ArabicQwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)
Price50%100100
Inputs & features30%3550
Context window20%2437
Overall100%65/10072/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Command R7B Arabic vs Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) specifications side by side
SpecificationCommand R7B ArabicCohereQwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Alibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.037$0.022 (best)
Output$0.15 (best)$0.215
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.066 (best)$0.07
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Cohere APIMedian of 1 providers
Limits
Context window128,000 tokens262,144 tokens (best)
Max output4,000 tokens32,768 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model IDcommand-r7b-arabic-02-2025—
API providers11
ReleasedFeb 27, 2025Oct 15, 2025
Knowledge cutoffJun 1, 2024—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Command R7B Arabic$0.675
  • Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)$0.65
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Command R7B Arabic or Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)?

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Command R7B Arabic (65). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Command R7B Arabic or Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)?

Command R7B Arabic is cheaper at $0.037 input / $0.15 output per million tokens (official Cohere API price). Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) costs $0.022 input / $0.215 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.066 per million tokens for Command R7B Arabic versus $0.07 for Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) (1.1× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Command R7B Arabic has not been scored yet and Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Command R7B Arabic and Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 128,000 for Command R7B Arabic. Maximum output per response: Command R7B Arabic up to 4,000, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) up to 32,768 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Command R7B Arabic accepts text; Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) accepts text and images. Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Command R7B Arabic publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is the newest, released Oct 15, 2025. Command R7B Arabic came out Feb 27, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Command R7B Arabic Jun 1, 2024.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.

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