AI model comparison

Command A+ vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Side by side comparison of Command A+ and Nemotron 3 Ultra 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

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra is an open frontier-reasoning and orchestration model from NVIDIA, with 55B active parameters out of 550B total (MoE).

Input / 1M
$0.60
Output / 1M
$2.40
Context
262K

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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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Command A+

1.8x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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Nemotron 3 Ultra

11.8 vs 6.2 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Nemotron 3 Ultra

262K vs 192K 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+6.2
nvidia logoNemotron 3 Ultra11.8

Coding index

cohere logoCommand A+27.8
nvidia logoNemotron 3 Ultra49.3

Agentic index

cohere logoCommand A+1
nvidia logoNemotron 3 Ultra20.1

Pricing

Command A+ vs Nemotron 3 Ultra API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metriccohere logoCommand A+nvidia logoNemotron 3 Ultra
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.30$0.60
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$1.50$2.40
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.15$0.12
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
nvidia logoNemotron 3 Ultra$2.40

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

cohere logoCommand A+$15$10.50 cached
nvidia logoNemotron 3 Ultra$27.60$13.20 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

cohere logoCommand A+$48$25.50 cached
nvidia logoNemotron 3 Ultra$94.80$22.80 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+nvidia logoNemotron 3 Ultra
Context window192K tokens262K tokens
Max output64K tokens183K tokens
Input typesImage, TextText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableHigh, Medium, None
Default reasoning effortNot availableHigh
Release dateSeptember 22, 2026June 4, 2026

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metriccohere logoCommand A+nvidia logoNemotron 3 Ultra
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedSupportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Command A+ is 1.8x cheaper for a typical chat. Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (11.8 vs 6.2). Nemotron 3 Ultra has the larger context window (262K vs 192K 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 Nemotron 3 Ultra cheaper?

Command A+ is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Command A+ costs $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens, while Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 per 1M input tokens and $2.40 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Command A+ or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra supports up to 262K tokens of context, compared with 192K for Command A+.

Is Command A+ smarter than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Command A+ scores 6.2 and Nemotron 3 Ultra scores 11.8, putting Nemotron 3 Ultra ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Command A+ and Nemotron 3 Ultra at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Command A+ and Nemotron 3 Ultra answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Command A+ and Nemotron 3 Ultra at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.