Command-R (Mar ’24)
Analysis Summary
Cohere's Command-R was designed for retrieval-augmented generation and lightweight enterprise use cases at launch, but its reasoning, coding, and science benchmarks now sit well behind current models. Pricing is modest but performance limits its practical value.
It can still handle basic summarisation, classification, or simple RAG pipelines where deep reasoning isn't required, but is a poor fit for coding, agentic automation, or nuanced content generation.
Businesses with existing Cohere integrations may keep it for low-complexity tasks, but new adopters should look at newer Command models instead.
Assessed July 29, 2026
Editorial notes
Command-R (Mar '24) from Cohere is an older, lower-capability model with modest reasoning and coding scores, best suited to simple retrieval-style tasks.
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DFO Verdict
Command-R (Mar '24) from Cohere is an older, lower-capability model with modest reasoning and coding scores, best suited to simple retrieval-style tasks.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
2.1 Intelligence Index
How Command-R (Mar ’24) compares
Command-R (Mar ’24) ranks #381 of 401 AI models we track for overall intelligence. At $0.50 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 40% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.50 | $0.000500 |
| Output | $1.50 | $0.001500 |
What would Command-R (Mar ’24) cost your business?
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamFrequently asked questions about Command-R (Mar ’24)
How much does Command-R (Mar ’24) cost?
Command-R (Mar ’24) costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens.
Who created Command-R (Mar ’24)?
Command-R (Mar ’24) is developed by Cohere and was released on March 12, 2024.
