Cohere 推出的 Command A Reasoning 是一款通过大规模强化学习训练、支持私有化部署的开源权重推理大模型，具备 256K 上下文窗口、55 Token/秒生成速度与 55/100 综合智能指数（每百万 Token $2.5 输入 / $10 输出）。
Technical Specifications
- Provider
- Cohere
- Category
- reasoning
- Release Date
- 2025-08
- Batch API Discount
- 50% off async batch
- Consumer Subscription
- Free / Self-Hosted
- Reasoning Effort Control
- Configurable (Low / Med / High)
- Structured Outputs
- Yes
- Output Modalities
- text
- Official Documentation
- Visit Official Docs ↗
Data Privacy, Licensing & Deployment Governance
Official Provider Release Intelligence, API Quotas & Agentic Specs
- Official API Model ID (SDK String)
- command-a-reasoning
- Supported SDK & API Protocol
- OpenAI-Compatible REST / vLLM / SGLang / HuggingFace TGI
- Lifecycle & Deprecation Status
- Active GA (Guaranteed support through 2027+)
- Production Rate Limits (RPM & TPM)
- Unlimited (Hardware-bound on self-hosted GPU) / 10,000 RPM Cloud · Unlimited local throughput / 10M+ TPM Managed Cloud
- Long-Context Pricing Tier (>128K / >200K)
- Flat rate ($2.5/1M in) across full 256K window
- Prompt Cache Write & TTL Policy
- Cached input at $0.75/1M tokens
- Computer Use & Browser GUI Agent
- API / CLI Tool-Use & DOM Agent ready (no raw pixel desktop click loop)
- MCP & Parallel Tool Calling
- Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema
- Web Search Grounding & Code Sandbox
- Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools
- Fine-Tuning & Distillation Support
- Full Weights SFT, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO & GRPO RL (Unsloth / Axolotl / Llama-Factory)
- Multimodal Tokenization Billing
- Text BPE (~4 chars/token)
- Weights Precision & Quantization
- BF16 / FP16, FP8 Dynamic, INT4 AWQ / GPTQ, GGUF (Q4_K_M / Q8_0)
- Minimum GPU VRAM Requirement
- 62 GB VRAM (4-bit Quantized) · 215 GB VRAM (Native BF16)
- Supported Inference Engines
- vLLM, SGLang, Ollama, llama.cpp, TensorRT-LLM, HuggingFace TGI
- System Card & Safety Framework
- Open-Weights System Card + Customizable Guardrail Layer (Llama Guard / ShieldGemma)
- Enterprise Compliance (SOC2 / HIPAA / ZDR)
- 100% Air-Gapped On-Premises / Private VPC · Full HIPAA, GDPR & SOC2 Control
Command A Reasoning Cost, Context, Hardware & API Integration
For single-user chat, a $20/mo subscription caps your bill below this API volume.
Break-even point: ~40 requests/day equals $20/month.
Same Monthly Workload Cost Across Popular Reference Models
Live Prompt Paste Tokenizer & Cost Counter
Paste real system instructions, JSON schemas, or code to measure BPE token counts across tokenizers.
Hybrid Prompt Routing Cascade Simulator
Route routine queries to a fast lightweight model ($0.15/1M) and escalate only complex reasoning turns to Command A Reasoning:
Benchmark Scores & 6-Axis Capability Radar
- SWE-bench Verified
- 53%
- GPQA Diamond
- 70%
- MMLU-Pro
- 84.5%
- HumanEval
- 92%
- Terminal-Bench
- 47%
- AIME
- 78%
- Long-Context Reasoning
- 86%
- Chatbot Arena Elo
- 1370pts
Strengths
- 提供 256K 上下文窗口与最高 33K 输出容量，核心基准表现优异（SWE-bench Verified 53% · GPQA Diamond 70%）
- 高达 55 Token/秒的生成吞吐量，首字延迟 (TTFT) 仅约 750 毫秒
- 开放模型权重 (Confidential (~100B+))，支持通过 vLLM、SGLang 或 Ollama 在私有 GPU 集群上本地部署与微调
Limitations & Trade-offs
- 在本地以满血精度运行需要较高的 GPU 显存 (VRAM) 与运维基础设施
- 在大规模高频调用场景下，建议结合提示词缓存 (Prompt Caching) 与批量 API 以控制成本
Editorial Assessment
Command A Reasoning 凭借 55/100 的智能得分、256K 上下文容量与 55 Token/秒的响应速度，在 Cohere 模型矩阵中提供了极佳的性能与成本平衡。
Best for: 通过大规模强化学习训练、支持私有化部署的开源权重推理任务、企业级 RAG 检索增强生成、自动化智能体工作流与高可靠 API 集成。
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Frequently Asked Questions about Command A Reasoning
How much does the Command A Reasoning API cost per 1M tokens?+
Command A Reasoning by Cohere is priced at $2.5 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens. With prompt caching enabled, cached input tokens cost $0.75 per 1M tokens, and asynchronous Batch API requests receive a 50% discount.
Should I use a $20/month subscription or the Command A Reasoning pay-as-you-go API?+
A flat $20/month consumer subscription is predictable for daily interactive chat and manual coding. However, if you are building software, running automated workflows, or sending low-to-moderate volume with prompt caching enabled, the pay-as-you-go API is typically far more cost-effective and offers higher rate limits without manual UI caps.
How many words and pages fit in Command A Reasoning's context window?+
Command A Reasoning features a 256K tokens context window, which equals approximately 192,000 English words or ~512 standard single-spaced pages in a single prompt. Its maximum output generation per turn is 32,768 tokens.
Can I run Command A Reasoning locally on my own GPU (Open Weights)?+
Yes, Command A Reasoning (Confidential (~100B+)) releases open weights that can be self-hosted locally or on private cloud GPUs using vLLM, Ollama, SGLang, or llama.cpp.
Does Cohere train on data sent to the Command A Reasoning API, and is commercial use allowed?+
100% Isolated when self-hosted on private GPUs or VPC. License tier: Open-Weights Research & Commercial License. Full commercial ownership of generated outputs. Supported deployment channels include: Self-Hosted GPU (vLLM / Ollama), Private VPC, or Managed Serverless API.
How does Command A Reasoning perform on coding and reasoning benchmarks?+
Command A Reasoning achieves a composite Intelligence Index of 55/100, scoring 53% on SWE-bench Verified, 70% on GPQA Diamond, 84.5% on MMLU-Pro, and 1370 pts on Chatbot Arena Elo.
What is Command A Reasoning best used for?+
Command A Reasoning is best suited for: 通过大规模强化学习训练、支持私有化部署的开源权重推理任务、企业级 RAG 检索增强生成、自动化智能体工作流与高可靠 API 集成。. Assessment: Command A Reasoning 凭借 55/100 的智能得分、256K 上下文容量与 55 Token/秒的响应速度，在 Cohere 模型矩阵中提供了极佳的性能与成本平衡。
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AI Glossary & Architecture Concepts
View full glossary →Key machine learning concepts and benchmarks relevant to Command A Reasoning:
The basic unit of text that a language model processes, typically representing about 3 to 4 English characters or roughly 0.75 words. For example, the sentence "Artificial intelligence is fast" breaks down into about 5 tokens.
A standardized evaluation suite used to objectively measure and rank an AI model's capabilities across specific tasks — such as SWE-bench Verified for software engineering, AIME for competitive math, or MMLU for general knowledge.
The maximum number of tokens a model can consider at once — both the input it reads and the output it writes. A 1,000,000-token context window can hold roughly 750,000 English words in a single request.
An AI model trained via reinforcement learning to spend dynamic compute thinking through complex logic, math, and architectural problems before outputting a solution. Examples include OpenAI o1, o3, and DeepSeek R1.
A step-by-step reasoning technique where an AI model generates intermediate problem-solving thoughts before arriving at a final answer. Native reasoning models like OpenAI o3 and DeepSeek R1 use CoT to solve complex math and coding challenges.
The ability of a language model to recognize when an external capability is needed and output structured JSON arguments to invoke external APIs, databases, or terminal commands. The runtime executes the tool and passes results back to the model.
Benchmark scores, token prices, and rate limits evolve rapidly as AI labs release model updates. Always verify current specifications and pricing on the official provider documentation.