AI model comparison

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 vs Command A

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is a high-performance, open-weight Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model optimized for complex reasoning tasks.

Input / 1M
$0.45
Output / 1M
$3.50
Context
128K
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Command A

Command A is an open-weights 111B parameter model with a 256k context window focused on delivering great performance across agentic, multilingual, and coding use cases.

Input / 1M
$2.50
Output / 1M
$10
Context
256K

At a glance

Quick verdict

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

Lower price

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Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

3.8x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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Command A

13.1 vs 12.7 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Command A

256K vs 128K tokens

Newer release

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Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Released July 25, 2025

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 250712.7
cohere logoCommand A13.1

Coding index

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 250722.1
cohere logoCommand A27.8

Agentic index

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 25071.3
cohere logoCommand A1

Pricing

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 vs Command A API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricqwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507cohere logoCommand A
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.45$2.50
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$3.50$10
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokensNot availableNot available
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

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$2.65
cohere logoCommand A$10

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$27.50
cohere logoCommand A$115

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$74.50
cohere logoCommand A$395

Specs

Context window and capabilities

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

Metricqwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507cohere logoCommand A
Context window128K tokens256K tokens
Max output16K tokens8K tokens
Input typesTextText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableNot available
Default reasoning effortNot availableNot available
Release dateJuly 25, 2025March 13, 2025

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricqwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507cohere logoCommand A
Tool callingSupportedNot supported
Structured outputsNot supportedSupported
JSON modeNot supportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedNot supported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedNot supportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is 3.8x cheaper for a typical chat. Command A scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (13.1 vs 12.7). Command A has the larger context window (256K vs 128K 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 Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Command A cheaper?

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $3.50 per 1M output tokens, while Command A costs $2.50 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Command A?

Command A supports up to 256K tokens of context, compared with 128K for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507.

Is Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 smarter than Command A?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 scores 12.7 and Command A scores 13.1, putting Command A ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Command A at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Command A answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Command A at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.