Command A Reasoning vs ERNIE 4.5 Turbo: which model should you choose?
We compared Command A Reasoning and ERNIE 4.5 Turbo on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. Command A Reasoning has the stronger average benchmark score; Command A Reasoning is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Command A Reasoning
Command A Reasoning is a multimodal model from Cohere. It offers a 400,000-token context window, costs $13.74 per million input tokens and $51.49 per million output tokens, and averages 80.2 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $13.74 / 1M
- Output
- $51.49 / 1M
- Context
- 400,000
- Avg score
- 80.2
- Open weights
- No
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo is a multimodal model from Baidu. It offers a 128,000-token context window, costs $13.75 per million input tokens and $54.36 per million output tokens, and averages 79.7 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $13.75 / 1M
- Output
- $54.36 / 1M
- Context
- 128,000
- Avg score
- 79.7
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Command A Reasoning | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $13.74 | $13.75 | A |
| Output price / 1M | $51.49 | $54.36 | A |
| Context window | 400,000 | 128,000 | A |
| Max output | 65,536 | 32,768 | A |
| Average score | 80.2 | 79.7 | A |
| Arena Elo | 1435.9 | 1419.8 | A |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Command A Reasoning wins 8, ERNIE 4.5 Turbo wins 4, and 0 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Command A Reasoning | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 80.2 | 84.0 | 3.8 | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3 | 73.0 | 3.3 | Command A Reasoning |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.1 | 67.5 | 3.6 | Command A Reasoning |
| HumanEval | 83.6 | 86.4 | 2.8 | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo |
| MATH-500 | 85.2 | 86.4 | 1.2 | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo |
| AIME 2025 | 74.2 | 80.7 | 6.5 | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo |
| LiveCodeBench | 74.1 | 70.5 | 3.6 | Command A Reasoning |
| IFEval | 87.8 | 85.2 | 2.6 | Command A Reasoning |
| TruthfulQA | 83.4 | 82.5 | 0.9 | Command A Reasoning |
| HellaSwag | 87.6 | 87.0 | 0.6 | Command A Reasoning |
| MMMU | 78.2 | 73.7 | 4.5 | Command A Reasoning |
| Arena Elo | 1435.9 | 1419.8 | 16.1 | Command A Reasoning |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Command A Reasoning costs about $23.18 per million tokens and ERNIE 4.5 Turbo costs about $23.90. Command A Reasoning is roughly 3% cheaper than ERNIE 4.5 Turbo. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Command A Reasoning has the larger context window at 400,000 tokens, compared with 128,000 for ERNIE 4.5 Turbo. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Command A Reasoning wins 8, ERNIE 4.5 Turbo wins 4, and 0 are tied. On the index average, Command A Reasoning leads ERNIE 4.5 Turbo by 0.5 points (80.2 versus 79.7).
The price picture favours Command A Reasoning. The context picture favours Command A Reasoning. 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 Reasoning for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.
Choose Command A 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 400,000-token context window.
- You need the larger 65,536-token output limit.
Choose ERNIE 4.5 Turbo if
- You prefer Baidu's tooling or already use it.
FAQ
Is Command A Reasoning better than ERNIE 4.5 Turbo?
On the index average, Command A Reasoning leads ERNIE 4.5 Turbo by 0.5 points (80.2 versus 79.7). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Command A Reasoning wins 8 benchmarks, ERNIE 4.5 Turbo wins 4.
Which is cheaper, Command A Reasoning or ERNIE 4.5 Turbo?
Command A Reasoning is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $23.18 per million tokens, versus $23.90 for ERNIE 4.5 Turbo.
Which has the larger context window?
Command A Reasoning has the larger context window at 400,000 tokens. ERNIE 4.5 Turbo has 128,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Command A Reasoning is proprietary; ERNIE 4.5 Turbo is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with Command A Reasoning for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.