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Command A vs Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Command A wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Command A
Context Window
Command A
Speed
Command A

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricCommand APhi-3 Medium 128K InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.50$1.00 Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$1.00 Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct is 77% cheaper overall.

Command A Providers

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Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Providers

No provider data available

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Command A Wins
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Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkCommand APhi-3 Medium 128K InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
13.532.0
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
9.9--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
13.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
71.241.2
GPQA
Graduate-level science
52.711.5
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
28.7--
Aider
Real-world code editing
12.0--
AIME
Competition math
9.7--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-48.5-
Command A significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Command A
256,000
tokens
Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
128,000
tokens
Command A has a 50% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricCommand APhi-3 Medium 128K InstructWinner
Tokens/second35.0 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.48sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureCommand APhi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyCommand APhi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorCohereMicrosoft
ReleasedMar 2025Unknown

Command A Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $1.00/M tokens. Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $1.00/M tokens.
Command A scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 9.9, compared to Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct's score of N/A.
Command A has a 256,000 token context window, while Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct has a 128,000 token context window.
Command A does not support vision. Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct does not support vision.