Model comparison
Command R+ vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
Cohere
Command R+
Cohere's enterprise RAG specialist with clean tool calling.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6
The pragmatic default — Claude quality without Opus pricing.
Specs
| Metric | Command R+ | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128K tokens | 1M tokens↑ |
| Input $/1M tokens | $2.50↑ | $3.00 |
| Output $/1M tokens | $10.00↑ | $15.00 |
| Modalities | Text | Text · Image |
| Open weights | Yes | No |
| Released | Apr 2024 | — |
Capability differences
| Capability | Command R+ | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | No | Yes |
| Extended thinking | No | Yes |
| Prompt caching | No | Yes |
| Open weights | Yes | No |
Key differences
- —Command R+ offers 128K context; Claude Sonnet 4.6 offers 1M.
- —Input pricing: Command R+ at $2.50/1M vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.00/1M.
- —Command R+ is open weights; Claude Sonnet 4.6 is proprietary.