Compare/Command A+ vs GPT-5.5 (medium)

Command A+vsGPT-5.5 (medium)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Cohere

Command A+

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
234 tok/s
TTFT
0.15s
OpenAI

GPT-5.5 (medium)

Input
$5/M
Output
$30/M
Speed
59 tok/s
TTFT
5.50s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Command A+
Faster (tok/s)
Command A+
Lower Latency
Command A+
Benchmarks (1-6)
GPT-5.5 (medium)

Pricing Comparison

MetricCommand A+GPT-5.5 (medium)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$5
Output ($/M tokens)$0$30
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Command A+$0.00
GPT-5.5 (medium)$8.00

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Command A+
234 tok/s
GPT-5.5 (medium)
59 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Command A+
0.15s
GPT-5.5 (medium)
5.50s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
37.256.7
Coding Index
29.356.2
Math Index
GPQA Diamond
76.1%92.6%
MMLU-Pro
LiveCodeBench
AIME 2025
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
11.4%40.6%
SciCode
37.8%53.5%
IFBench
73.9%71.0%
TerminalBench
25.0%57.6%
Command A+1 wins
6 winsGPT-5.5 (medium)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Command A+ or GPT-5.5 (medium)?

Command A+ is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $11.25/M for GPT-5.5 (medium).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

GPT-5.5 (medium) wins 6 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Command A+. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Command A+ generates tokens faster at 234 tok/s vs 59 tok/s. Command A+ also has lower time-to-first-token (0.15s vs 5.50s).

When should I use Command A+ vs GPT-5.5 (medium)?

Choose based on your priorities: Command A+ for lower cost, GPT-5.5 (medium) for stronger benchmark performance, and Command A+ for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.