Cohere: Command A vs North Mini Code
Side-by-side comparison. Updated 2026-06-18.
Verdict
Tie — both models score equally.
Both models score equally. Pick based on which strengths align with your workload.
At a Glance
| Attribute | Cohere: Command A | North Mini Code |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Cohere |
| Tags | Open Weight Intelligent Agentic | Coding Agentic Open Weight |
| Context | 256,000 tokens | 256,000 tokens |
| Input price | $2.50/1M | $0.00/1M |
| Output price | $0.00/1M | $0.00/1M |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Cohere: Command A Strengths
- Open-weights 111B model with 256k context window
- Strong multilingual and agentic performance
- Competitive coding and RAG capabilities
- Efficient for enterprise deployment
North Mini Code Strengths
- Sparse MoE architecture (30B total / 3B active) delivers efficient coding performance
- Agentic coding design with tool use and reasoning support
- 256K context window handles large codebases and long files
- Open-weight release on HuggingFace with CohereLabs weights