Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024)

cohere · Released Dec 14, 2024
DFO score #482 / 683
11.3 leaderboard score
Speed
59 tok/s · best OpenRouter provider
Input Price #177 / 683
$0.038 per 1M tokens
Output Price #190 / 683
$0.150 per 1M tokens
Context #426 / 683
128,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

Cohere Command R7B is a compact, text-only model released in December 2024. The supplied data lists a 128K context window and tool-use capability, giving it a practical feature set for straightforward text workflows and tool-assisted tasks. No benchmark results are provided, however, so its reasoning, coding, instruction-following, and long-document performance cannot be compared reliably with measured alternatives.

Its listed pricing is low at $0.0375 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens. That may suit high-volume, uncomplicated tasks if testing confirms adequate output quality, but low price alone is not evidence of dependable client-facing performance. The data also does not establish function calling, vision, or other multimodal support.

Treat Command R7B as a candidate for a limited internal pilot, not as a default client workflow model. Validate its tool behavior and writing quality on representative agency tasks before routing production traffic to it.

Assessed September 23, 2026

Editorial notes

Cohere Command R7B offers a 128K context window, tool use, and low listed token prices. Benchmark data is not provided, so its reasoning, coding, and client-content quality remain unverified.

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DFO Verdict

Cohere Command R7B offers a 128K context window, tool use, and low listed token prices. Benchmark data is not provided, so its reasoning, coding, and client-content quality remain unverified.

#482 of 683 overall Down 207 this week

How Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) compares

Its 128K-token context window is larger than 38% of the models we list. At $0.04 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 74% of comparable models.

Position in the field
DFO score: ahead of 33% of models #455
Price: cheaper than 74% of models #177
Context: larger than 38% of models #426
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) $0.04 in $0.15 out
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $4.00 in $20.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out
OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra $10.00 in $50.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) 128K

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.04 $0.000038
Output $0.15 $0.000150

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

$0.257/mo Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) $0.0001 per request
$31.68/mo Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $0.01 per request
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About Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024)

Command R7B (12-2024) is a small, fast update of the Command R+ model, delivered in December 2024. It excels at RAG, tool use, agents, and similar tasks requiring complex reasoning..

Frequently asked questions about Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024)

How much does Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) cost?

Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) costs $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024)?

Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) has a context window of 128,000 tokens (128K).

What can Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) do?

Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) supports tool use.

Who created Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024)?

Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) is developed by Cohere and was released on December 14, 2024.

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