AI model comparison

Command A+ vs gpt-oss-120b

Side by side comparison of Command A+ and gpt-oss-120b on pricing, benchmark scores, context window, and more.

Command A+ is Cohere's flagship model for enterprise agentic workflows.

Input / 1M
$0.30
Output / 1M
$1.50
Context
192K

gpt-oss-120b is an open-weight, 117B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model from OpenAI designed for high-reasoning, agentic, and general-purpose production use cases.

Input / 1M
$0.15
Output / 1M
$0.60
Context
131K

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At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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gpt-oss-120b

2.3x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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Command A+

13.1 vs 11.6 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Command A+

192K vs 131K tokens

Newer release

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Command A+

Released September 22, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

cohere logoCommand A+13.1
openai logogpt-oss-120b11.6

Coding index

cohere logoCommand A+27.8
openai logogpt-oss-120b30.4

Agentic index

cohere logoCommand A+1
openai logogpt-oss-120b3.7

Pricing

Command A+ vs gpt-oss-120b API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metriccohere logoCommand A+openai logogpt-oss-120b
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.30$0.15
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$1.50$0.60
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.15$0.08
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

cohere logoCommand A+$1.35
openai logogpt-oss-120b$0.60

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

cohere logoCommand A+$15$10.50 cached
openai logogpt-oss-120b$6.90$4.65 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

cohere logoCommand A+$48$25.50 cached
openai logogpt-oss-120b$23.70$12.45 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metriccohere logoCommand A+openai logogpt-oss-120b
Context window192K tokens131K tokens
Max output64K tokens66K tokens
Input typesImage, TextText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableHigh, Medium, Low
Default reasoning effortNot availableMedium
Release dateSeptember 22, 2026August 5, 2025

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metriccohere logoCommand A+openai logogpt-oss-120b
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedSupportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

gpt-oss-120b is 2.3x cheaper for a typical chat. Command A+ scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (13.1 vs 11.6). Command A+ has the larger context window (192K vs 131K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Command A+ or gpt-oss-120b cheaper?

gpt-oss-120b is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). gpt-oss-120b costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens, while Command A+ costs $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Command A+ or gpt-oss-120b?

Command A+ supports up to 192K tokens of context, compared with 131K for gpt-oss-120b.

Is Command A+ smarter than gpt-oss-120b?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Command A+ scores 13.1 and gpt-oss-120b scores 11.6, putting Command A+ ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Command A+ and gpt-oss-120b at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Command A+ and gpt-oss-120b answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Command A+ and gpt-oss-120b at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.