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Command R+ (08-2024) vs Pixtral 12B

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 · Pixtral 12B specs
Verdict by category
  • PriceCommand R+ (08-2024)

    Command R+ (08-2024) publishes pricing ($10.00 / 1M output tokens) while Pixtral 12B does not.

  • Context windowTie

    Both ship a 128K-token context window.

  • BenchmarksTie

    No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.

  • ModalitiesPixtral 12B

    Pixtral 12B supports 2 modalities (text, vision) vs 1 for Command R+ (08-2024).

  • OpennessTie

    Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

It's a genuine coin-flip between Command R+ (08-2024) and Pixtral 12B: 1 category wins each, with the rest tied. Command R+ (08-2024) publishes pricing ($10.00 / 1M output tokens) while Pixtral 12B does not. Both ship a 128K-token context window.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, Command R+ (08-2024) handles text while Pixtral 12B handles text, vision, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

Both shipped within roughly a month of each other in 2024, so they share the same generation of training data and tooling. Command R+ (08-2024) is usually picked for rag and data extraction workloads, while Pixtral 12B sees more deployments in vision 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)Pixtral 12B
ProviderCohereMistral
ReleasedAug 2024Sep 2024
Modalitiestexttext, vision
Context window128K tokens128K 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 (Apache-2.0)
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
  • Pixtral 12BPricing 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)Pixtral 12B
  • MMLU75.7
Pick Command R+ (08-2024) if

Command R+ (08-2024) fits when…

  • RAG-tuned
  • Citation generation
  • Enterprise tooling
Pick Pixtral 12B if

Pixtral 12B fits when…

  • Apache-2.0
  • Vision in 12B size
  • Single-GPU
  • Multimodal needs covering vision.
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 RPixtral 12B vs Command R

Frequently asked

  • Is Command R+ (08-2024) or Pixtral 12B 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?
    Both Command R+ (08-2024) and Pixtral 12B ship a 128K-token context window.
  • Is Command R+ (08-2024) or Pixtral 12B better for coding?
    Both Command R+ (08-2024) and Pixtral 12B 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; Pixtral 12B under Apache-2.0.
  • When were Command R+ (08-2024) and Pixtral 12B released?
    Command R+ (08-2024) was released by Cohere on 2024-08-30. Pixtral 12B was released by Mistral on 2024-09-17.
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