Command A Max vs Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning: which model should you choose?
We compared Command A Max and Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning has the stronger average benchmark score; Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Command A Max
Command A Max is a multimodal model from Cohere. It offers a 400,000-token context window, costs $14.28 per million input tokens and $70.22 per million output tokens, and averages 79.9 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.28 / 1M
- Output
- $70.22 / 1M
- Context
- 400,000
- Avg score
- 79.9
- Open weights
- No
Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning
Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning is a multimodal model from ByteDance. It offers a 128,000-token context window, costs $14.56 per million input tokens and $58.10 per million output tokens, and averages 81.6 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.56 / 1M
- Output
- $58.10 / 1M
- Context
- 128,000
- Avg score
- 81.6
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Command A Max | Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $14.28 | $14.56 | A |
| Output price / 1M | $70.22 | $58.10 | B |
| Context window | 400,000 | 128,000 | A |
| Max output | 8,192 | 16,384 | B |
| Average score | 79.9 | 81.6 | B |
| Arena Elo | 1443.7 | 1439.2 | A |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Command A Max wins 3, Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning wins 8, and 1 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Command A Max | Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 84.3 | 81.8 | 2.5 | Command A Max |
| GPQA Diamond | 74.5 | 78.1 | 3.6 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning |
| SWE-bench Verified | 69.7 | 69.7 | 0.0 | Tie |
| HumanEval | 83.4 | 87.4 | 4.0 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning |
| MATH-500 | 85.7 | 85.1 | 0.6 | Command A Max |
| AIME 2025 | 77.2 | 81.4 | 4.2 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning |
| LiveCodeBench | 73.1 | 73.9 | 0.8 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning |
| IFEval | 86.7 | 88.7 | 2.0 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning |
| TruthfulQA | 82.2 | 82.3 | 0.1 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning |
| HellaSwag | 87.1 | 90.7 | 3.6 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning |
| MMMU | 74.6 | 78.1 | 3.5 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning |
| Arena Elo | 1443.7 | 1439.2 | 4.5 | Command A Max |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Command A Max costs about $28.27 per million tokens and Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning costs about $25.45. Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning is roughly 10% cheaper than Command A Max. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Command A Max has the larger context window at 400,000 tokens, compared with 128,000 for Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Command A Max wins 3, Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning wins 8, and 1 are tied. On the index average, Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning leads Command A Max by 1.7 points (81.6 versus 79.9).
The price picture favours Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning. The context picture favours Command A Max. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.
Choose Command A Max if
- You need the larger 400,000-token context window.
Choose Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
- You need the larger 16,384-token output limit.
- The workload needs multi-step reasoning.
FAQ
Is Command A Max better than Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning?
On the index average, Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning leads Command A Max by 1.7 points (81.6 versus 79.9). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Command A Max wins 3 benchmarks, Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning wins 8.
Which is cheaper, Command A Max or Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $25.45 per million tokens, versus $28.27 for Command A Max.
Which has the larger context window?
Command A Max has the larger context window at 400,000 tokens. Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning has 128,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Command A Max is proprietary; Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.