Embed 4 Reasoning: pricing, context window and benchmarks
Embed 4 Reasoning is a mid-range model from Cohere. It offers a 4,096-token context window, costs $5.50 per million input tokens and $26.10 per million output tokens, and averages 65.3 across the index's benchmark suite.
Pricing
Embed 4 Reasoning costs $5.50 per million input tokens and $26.10 per million output tokens. A blended 3:1 input-to-output mix works out to about $10.65 per million tokens. Cached input is listed at $0.48 per million tokens.
| Item | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $5.50 | per 1M tokens |
| Output | $26.10 | per 1M tokens |
| Cached input | $0.48 | per 1M tokens |
| Blended 3:1 | $10.65 | estimate per 1M tokens |
| 1M in + 1M out | $31.60 | estimate |
Benchmarks
Scores below are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale. Use them to compare relative position, not as official vendor results.
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 70.1 | 395 | 34th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 62.8 | 385 | 36th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 49.2 | 427 | 29th | |
| HumanEval | 68.9 | 409 | 32th | |
| MATH-500 | 67.1 | 406 | 32th | |
| AIME 2025 | 57.9 | 400 | 33th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 56.1 | 396 | 34th | |
| IFEval | 76.0 | 389 | 35th | |
| TruthfulQA | 70.4 | 396 | 34th | |
| HellaSwag | 76.5 | 420 | 30th | |
| MMMU | 62.8 | 400 | 33th | |
| Arena Elo | 1310.3 | 408 | 32th |
What Embed 4 Reasoning is good for
Embed 4 Reasoning is a general-purpose model in the index. It handles text generation, summarization and question answering, and it can be a sensible default when you need a balance of quality, price and context. At $5.50 per million input tokens with a 4,096-token window, check its benchmark profile against the specific task before committing.
Strengths
- Accepts more than text, including image input where the provider supports it.
- Reasoning-oriented profile, useful for multi-step problems and structured analysis.
Trade-offs
- Proprietary licence: you cannot download the weights or self-host the model.
- Context window of 4,096 tokens is small for long-document work.
- Average benchmark score is below the index median; test it on your own task.
How it compares
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERNIE 4.5 Nano | Baidu | 32768 | $6.01 | 65.6 |
| Reka Flash Mini | Reka AI | 16384 | $5.77 | 65.5 |
| Nova Pro Nano | Amazon | 8192 | $5.44 | 65.4 |
| Embed 4 Reasoning | Cohere | 4096 | $5.50 | 65.3 |
| StableLM 2 Instruct | Stability AI | 16384 | $1.93 | 65.2 |
| Reka Core Nano | Reka AI | 16384 | $5.45 | 65.1 |
FAQ
How much does Embed 4 Reasoning cost?
Embed 4 Reasoning is listed at $5.50 per million input tokens and $26.10 per million output tokens. Cached input is $0.48 per million tokens. A blended 3:1 input-to-output mix is about $10.65 per million tokens.
What is the context window of Embed 4 Reasoning?
Embed 4 Reasoning has a context window of 4,096 tokens and can emit up to 4,096 output tokens per request in this index.
Is Embed 4 Reasoning open weights?
No. Embed 4 Reasoning is a proprietary model with a proprietary licence, so you cannot download the weights.
How does Embed 4 Reasoning score on benchmarks?
Embed 4 Reasoning averages 65.3 across the scored benchmarks in this index, ranking #400 of 600 models. Its strongest relative result is Arena Elo at 1310.3.
What is Embed 4 Reasoning best for?
Embed 4 Reasoning is a general-purpose model in the index. It handles text generation, summarization and question answering, and it can be a sensible default when you need a balance of quality, price and context. At $5.50 per million input tokens with a 4,096-token window, check its benchmark profile against the specific task before committing.