cohere/command-a vs cohere/command-r7b-12-2024
For 100,000 calls of 2,000 in and 500 out, cohere/command-r7b-12-2024 is cheaper: $15.00 a month at OpenRouter, against $1,000.00 for cohere/command-a at OpenRouter — 66.7× the cost.
Cheapest on each
cohere/command-a
$1,000.00/mo
cheapest, at OpenRouter — $2.5 in, $10 out per million
cohere/command-r7b-12-2024
$15.00/mo
cheapest, at OpenRouter — $0.0375 in, $0.15 out per million
Aligned facts
Same rows on both sides, including the ones we cannot fill.
| Attribute | cohere/command-a | cohere/command-r7b-12-2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K | 128K |
| Accepts | Aa | Aa |
| Sellers | 1 | 1 |
| Cheapest input rate | $2.5 / M | $0.0375 / M |
| Cached input rate | ○ no answer | ○ no answer |
No quality or benchmark row appears here. We hold no throughput or accuracy measurement for either model, and a cost-per-quality figure built from a lab’s own claim would look authoritative and mean nothing.
Cost for this workload — both models, every seller
100,000 calls a month · 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each. Sellers of both models lead, cheapest combined cost first.
| Seller | cohere/command-a /mo | cohere/command-r7b-12-2024 /mo |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $1,000.002026-10-27 | $15.002026-10-27 |
Cheapest tier per seller, this workload only. In and output rates, and a cached prefix, are broken out in the cost calculator.