Claude 4 Opus vs Command A

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, capabilities, benchmarks, and use case fit.

A

Claude 4 Opus

Anthropic

Overall 96

reasoning

C

Command A

Cohere

Overall 82

standard

Capability radar

Normalized coding, reasoning, writing, vision, context, and value

Claude 4 OpusCommand A

Comparison of Claude 4 Opus vs Command A
Metric	Claude 4 Opus	Command A
Input Price / 1M	$15.00	$2.50
Output Price / 1M	$75.00	$10.00
Combined Price / 1M	$90.00	$12.50
Context Window	200,000	256,000
Coding Score	97	84
Reasoning Score	97	86
Vision Score	93	72
Audio	No	No
Streaming	Yes	Yes
Function Calling	Yes	Yes
Latency Tier	reasoning	standard
Release Date	5/22/2025	3/13/2025

Claude 4 Opus — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Best-in-class reasoning
Exceptional coding
Long-form writing

Weaknesses

Highest API cost
200K context only

Command A — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Agentic workflows
256K context
Enterprise SLAs

Weaknesses

Premium pricing
Smaller community

Use Case Verdicts

Coding

Claude 4 Opus scores 97 vs 84 on coding benchmarks.

General Chat

Claude 4 Opus leads on writing quality (96 vs 87).

Long Context

Command A offers 256K tokens vs 200K.

Cost Efficiency

Command A is cheaper at $12.50/M combined vs $90.00/M.

Enterprise Use

Claude 4 Opus combines strong reasoning, tooling, and context for enterprise workloads.

Agent Workflows

Claude 4 Opus is better suited for agentic workflows with tool use and coding capability.