Cohere (4 models) vs Qwen (Alibaba) (51 models) — compared across composite scores, pricing, capabilities, and context windows.
| Cohere | Score | vs | Qwen (Alibaba) | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command A | 55 | Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct | 55 | |
| Command R (08-2024) | 54 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | 53 | |
| Command R+ (08-2024) | 54 | QwQ 32B | 57 | |
| Command R7B (12-2024) | 48 | Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct | 45 |
| Capability | Cohere | Qwen (Alibaba) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
Vision | 0/4 | 19/51 | Qwen (Alibaba) |
Reasoning | 0/4 | 24/51 | Qwen (Alibaba) |
Function Calling | 2/4 | 45/51 | Qwen (Alibaba) |
JSON Mode | 4/4 | 48/51 | Qwen (Alibaba) |
Web Search | 0/4 | 0/51 | Tie |
Streaming | 4/4 | 51/51 | Qwen (Alibaba) |
Image Output | 0/4 | 0/51 | Tie |
| Metric | Cohere | Qwen (Alibaba) |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest Input (per 1M tokens) | $0.037 Command R7B (12-2024) | $0.030 Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct |
| Cheapest Output (per 1M tokens) | $0.150 | $0.090 |
| Most Expensive Input (per 1M tokens) | $2.50 Command A | $1.20 Qwen3 Max |
| Most Expensive Output (per 1M tokens) | $10.00 | $6.00 |
| Free Models | 0 | 3 |
| Max Context Window | 256K | 1.0M |
| Model | Score | Input $/M | Output $/M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Command A | 55 | $2.50 | $10.00 |
| Command R (08-2024) | 54 | $0.150 | $0.600 |
| Command R+ (08-2024) | 54 | $2.50 | $10.00 |
| Command R7B (12-2024) | 48 | $0.037 | $0.150 |
| Model | Score | Input $/M | Output $/M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.5-Flash | 89 | $0.100 | $0.400 |
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | 89 | $0.260 | $1.56 |
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 87 | $0.163 | $1.30 |
| Qwen3.5-27B | 87 | $0.195 | $1.56 |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | 87 | $0.260 | $2.08 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | 87 | $0.390 | $2.34 |
| Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | 85 | $0.117 | $1.36 |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | 85 | $0.130 | $1.56 |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | 85 | $0.260 | $2.60 |
| Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) | 80 | $0.260 | $0.780 |
| Tongyi DeepResearch 30B A3B | 79 | $0.090 | $0.450 |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | 79 | $0.110 | $0.600 |
| Qwen3 Max Thinking | 79 | $0.780 | $3.90 |
| Qwen3.5-9B | 78 | $0.050 | $0.150 |
| Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct | 78 | $0.104 | $0.416 |
| Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | 78 | $0.080 | $0.500 |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | 78 | $0.130 | $0.520 |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | 77 | $0.098 | $0.780 |
| Qwen3 Coder Plus | 74 | $0.650 | $3.25 |
| Qwen3 Coder Flash | 74 | $0.195 | $0.975 |
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