# Command A+ vs Pareto 26.9

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Command A+ and Pareto 26.9 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/command-a-plus-vs-pareto-26-9
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Command A+ and Pareto 26.9 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Pareto 26.9 has the lower published output-token price.
- Command A+ has the larger published context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Command A+ | Pareto 26.9 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Cohere | Unbiased |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | N/A |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 42.85 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.50 / $10.00 | $2.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Command A+ public-lane score: 40.9 (Estimated · #114/154)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Command A+ | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ²-bench results | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 51.00% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Command A+ public-lane score: 43.8 (Estimated · #100/154)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Command A+ | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 74.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Command A+ public-lane score: 15.1 (#47/48)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Command A+ | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 63% | 78% | Pareto 26.9 |
| CharXiv | 52.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Command A+ public-lane score: 57.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Command A+ public-lane score: 36.8 (Estimated · #152/184)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Command A+ | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 49% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Command A+ public-lane score: 89.2 (#21/124)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Command A+ and Pareto 26.9?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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## Explore More

- [Command A+ profile](/models/command-a-plus)
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