Compare/Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) vs Command A

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)vsCommand A

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

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Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)

Input
$1.25/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
144 tok/s
TTFT
14.17s
Cohere

Command A

Input
$2.5/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
47 tok/s
TTFT
0.47s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
Faster (tok/s)
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
Lower Latency
Command A
Benchmarks (11-1)
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)Command A
Input ($/M tokens)$1.25$2.5
Output ($/M tokens)$10$10
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)$2.25
Command A$3.50

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
144 tok/s
Command A
47 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
14.17s
Command A
0.47s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
35.713.5
Coding Index
30.49.9
Math Index
89.013.0
GPQA Diamond
78.5%52.7%
MMLU-Pro
83.0%71.2%
LiveCodeBench
73.0%28.7%
AIME 2025
89.0%13.0%
MATH-500
81.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
8.9%4.6%
SciCode
42.7%28.1%
IFBench
79.0%36.5%
TerminalBench
24.2%0.8%
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)11 wins
1 winsCommand A

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) or Command A?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $3.44/M tokens vs $4.38/M for Command A.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) wins 11 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?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) generates tokens faster at 144 tok/s vs 47 tok/s. However, Command A has lower time-to-first-token (0.47s vs 14.17s).

When should I use Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) vs Command A?

Choose based on your priorities: Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) for lower cost, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) for stronger benchmark performance, and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.