Command-R (Mar ’24)
Analysis Summary
Command-R (Mar 2024) is a March 2024 release from Cohere, originally designed for retrieval-augmented generation and enterprise search workflows. Its intelligence index of 7.4 and livecodebench score of 0.048 place it at the lower end of the capability spectrum. GPQA (0.284) and MMLU Pro (0.338) are modest, and scicode (0.063) confirms limited technical depth.
For businesses, this model has been substantially surpassed by Cohere's own newer Command releases, which offer better reasoning, instruction-following, and tool use. At $0.50 input and $1.50 output per million tokens, the pricing is low, but the capability ceiling limits its usefulness to the simplest retrieval or classification tasks.
Teams already using Cohere's platform should upgrade to a more recent Command model. For new deployments, the cost advantage does not offset the capability gap versus current alternatives at similar price points.
Assessed June 6, 2026
Editorial notes
Command-R (Mar 2024) from Cohere is an early retrieval-augmented generation model with limited reasoning depth, now superseded by newer Command releases, though its low pricing remains a minor advantage.
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Performance Profile
How Command-R (Mar ’24) compares
Command-R (Mar ’24) ranks #357 of 378 AI models we track for overall intelligence. At $0.50 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 35% of comparable models.
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Model Information
| Provider | Cohere |
| Release Date | March 12, 2024 |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.50 | $0.000500 |
| Output | $1.50 | $0.001500 |
Frequently 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.
