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Command R+ (08-2024) vs Phi-4

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

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Command R+ (08-2024) specs · Phi-4 specs
Verdict by category
  • PriceCommand R+ (08-2024)

    Command R+ (08-2024) publishes pricing ($10.00 / 1M output tokens) while Phi-4 does not.

  • Context windowCommand R+ (08-2024)

    Command R+ (08-2024) accepts 128K tokens vs 16K, 8.0× the room for long documents and codebases.

  • BenchmarksPhi-4

    Phi-4 leads in 1 of 1 shared benchmarks; the biggest gap is on MMLU (broad academic knowledge), where it scores 84.8 vs 75.7.

  • ModalitiesTie

    Both handle text.

  • OpennessTie

    Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

On balance Command R+ (08-2024) edges ahead, winning 2 of 5 categories against Phi-4's 1. Command R+ (08-2024) publishes pricing ($10.00 / 1M output tokens) while Phi-4 does not. Command R+ (08-2024) accepts 128K tokens vs 16K, 8.0× the room for long documents and codebases.

Phi-4 leads in 1 of 1 shared benchmarks; the biggest gap is on MMLU (broad academic knowledge), where it scores 84.8 vs 75.7. Both target the same set of modalities (text), so the deciding factors are price, context, and raw quality. Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

Phi-4 is the newer of the two, released 3 months after Command R+ (08-2024), which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. Command R+ (08-2024) is usually picked for rag and data extraction workloads, while Phi-4 sees more deployments in on device and edge deployment. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

SpecCommand R+ (08-2024)Phi-4
ProviderCohereMicrosoft
ReleasedAug 2024Dec 2024
Modalitiestexttext
Context window128K tokens16K tokens
Max output,,
Input · 1M$2.50 / 1M tokensPricing not published
Output · 1M$10.00 / 1M tokensPricing not published
Knowledge cutoff,,
Open weightsYes (CC-BY-NC 4.0)Yes (MIT)
API availableYesYes

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day$22.50 vs ,
  • Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day$225 vs ,
  • RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day$435 vs ,

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Command R+ (08-2024)$0.750
  • Phi-4Pricing unavailable

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Command R+ (08-2024)Phi-4
  • MMLU75.784.8
  • HumanEval,82.6
Pick Command R+ (08-2024) if

Command R+ (08-2024) fits when…

  • RAG-tuned
  • Citation generation
  • Enterprise tooling
  • Long-context tasks, handles 128K tokens vs 16K for Phi-4.
Pick Phi-4 if

Phi-4 fits when…

  • Exceptional quality at 14B parameters
  • MIT license, clean commercial use
  • Strong on math
Don't want either?

Consider Command R

Cohere's mid-tier RAG-optimized model, affordable and reliable on retrieval workloads.

See Command R specsCommand R+ (08-2024) vs Command RPhi-4 vs Command R

Frequently asked

  • Is Command R+ (08-2024) or Phi-4 cheaper?
    Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.
  • Which has the larger context window?
    Command R+ (08-2024) accepts 128K tokens vs 16K for Phi-4.
  • Is Command R+ (08-2024) or Phi-4 better for coding?
    Both Command R+ (08-2024) and Phi-4 are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
  • Are either of these models open source?
    Both ship with open weights. Command R+ (08-2024) is licensed under CC-BY-NC 4.0; Phi-4 under MIT.
  • When were Command R+ (08-2024) and Phi-4 released?
    Command R+ (08-2024) was released by Cohere on 2024-08-30. Phi-4 was released by Microsoft on 2024-12-12.
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