Command A Pro vs ERNIE 4.5 Max: which model should you choose?
We compared Command A Pro and ERNIE 4.5 Max on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. Command A Pro has the stronger average benchmark score; ERNIE 4.5 Max is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Command A Pro
Command A Pro is a multimodal model from Cohere. It offers a 200,000-token context window, costs $14.28 per million input tokens and $68.05 per million output tokens, and averages 81.3 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.28 / 1M
- Output
- $68.05 / 1M
- Context
- 200,000
- Avg score
- 81.3
- Open weights
- No
ERNIE 4.5 Max
ERNIE 4.5 Max is a multimodal model from Baidu. It offers a 128,000-token context window, costs $14.41 per million input tokens and $53.71 per million output tokens, and averages 80.6 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.41 / 1M
- Output
- $53.71 / 1M
- Context
- 128,000
- Avg score
- 80.6
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Command A Pro | ERNIE 4.5 Max | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $14.28 | $14.41 | A |
| Output price / 1M | $68.05 | $53.71 | B |
| Context window | 200,000 | 128,000 | A |
| Max output | 16,384 | 65,536 | B |
| Average score | 81.3 | 80.6 | A |
| Arena Elo | 1434.6 | 1423.7 | A |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Command A Pro wins 7, ERNIE 4.5 Max wins 5, and 0 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Command A Pro | ERNIE 4.5 Max | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 81.3 | 80.8 | 0.5 | Command A Pro |
| GPQA Diamond | 79.1 | 76.4 | 2.7 | Command A Pro |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.2 | 68.9 | 2.3 | Command A Pro |
| HumanEval | 87.5 | 87.7 | 0.2 | ERNIE 4.5 Max |
| MATH-500 | 83.1 | 84.2 | 1.1 | ERNIE 4.5 Max |
| AIME 2025 | 78.2 | 79.5 | 1.3 | ERNIE 4.5 Max |
| LiveCodeBench | 74.0 | 73.0 | 1.0 | Command A Pro |
| IFEval | 89.0 | 87.1 | 1.9 | Command A Pro |
| TruthfulQA | 83.3 | 83.6 | 0.3 | ERNIE 4.5 Max |
| HellaSwag | 90.1 | 87.7 | 2.4 | Command A Pro |
| MMMU | 77.2 | 78.1 | 0.9 | ERNIE 4.5 Max |
| Arena Elo | 1434.6 | 1423.7 | 10.9 | Command A Pro |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Command A Pro costs about $27.72 per million tokens and ERNIE 4.5 Max costs about $24.23. ERNIE 4.5 Max is roughly 13% cheaper than Command A Pro. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Command A Pro has the larger context window at 200,000 tokens, compared with 128,000 for ERNIE 4.5 Max. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Command A Pro wins 7, ERNIE 4.5 Max wins 5, and 0 are tied. On the index average, Command A Pro leads ERNIE 4.5 Max by 0.7 points (81.3 versus 80.6).
The price picture favours ERNIE 4.5 Max. The context picture favours Command A Pro. 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 Command A Pro for quality-sensitive work and ERNIE 4.5 Max for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.
Choose Command A Pro if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- You need the larger 200,000-token context window.
Choose ERNIE 4.5 Max if
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
- You need the larger 65,536-token output limit.
FAQ
Is Command A Pro better than ERNIE 4.5 Max?
On the index average, Command A Pro leads ERNIE 4.5 Max by 0.7 points (81.3 versus 80.6). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Command A Pro wins 7 benchmarks, ERNIE 4.5 Max wins 5.
Which is cheaper, Command A Pro or ERNIE 4.5 Max?
ERNIE 4.5 Max is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $24.23 per million tokens, versus $27.72 for Command A Pro.
Which has the larger context window?
Command A Pro has the larger context window at 200,000 tokens. ERNIE 4.5 Max has 128,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Command A Pro is proprietary; ERNIE 4.5 Max is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with Command A Pro for quality-sensitive work and ERNIE 4.5 Max for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.