Model comparison

Command A+ vs Gemma 4 12B

Data verified July 23, 2026

Head-to-head evidence from 13 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Command A+

Cohere

47.51/100

Margin

0.2pts

← winning

Gemma 4 12B

Google

47.29/100

0 category wins1 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Command A+ #135 (Estimated); Gemma 4 12B #137 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Command A+ and Gemma 4 12B share 13 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 8 results are unique to Command A+; 10 to Gemma 4 12B.

Updated July 23, 2026

Shared results: 13
Command A+ only: 8
Gemma 4 12B only: 10
Comparable categories: 1 / 8

Pick Command A+ if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only becomes the better choice if multimodal & grounded is the priority or you need the larger 256K context window.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 13 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Command A+ has the cleaner BenchAlign overall profile here, landing at 47.51 versus 47.29. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Gemma 4 12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Command A+.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Command A+ and Gemma 4 12B
Category	Command A+	Δ	Gemma 4 12B
Multimodal	Command A+59.3	Margin→ 9.8	Gemma 4 12B69.1
Reasoning	Command A+Not measured	MarginNo overlap	Gemma 4 12B43.4
Knowledge	Command A+Not measured	MarginNo overlap	Gemma 4 12B77.5
Math	Command A+Not measured	MarginNo overlap	Gemma 4 12B77.5

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

A · Command A+B · Gemma 4 12B

MMMU-Pro
Multimodal
Source ↗
A 63%B 69.1%
Winner: Gemma 4 12BΔ 6.1
MMMU-Pro: Command A+ scored 63%; Gemma 4 12B scored 69.1%. Gemma 4 12B wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

Metric	Command A+	Gemma 4 12B	Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens	Command A+$2.5 input / $10 output	Gemma 4 12BNot available	A complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per second	Command A+272 tok/s	Gemma 4 12BNot available	A complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first token	Command A+0.25 s	Gemma 4 12BNot available	A complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokens	Command A+128K	Gemma 4 12B256K	Gemma 4 12B lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic

5 benchmarks

Benchmark	Command A+	Gemma 4 12B	Result
τ²-bench resultsSource	80.7%	36.3%	Command A+ leads
AA Agentic IndexSource	9.2%	—	Not comparable
GDPval-AASource	10.7%	—	Not comparable
GDPval-AASource	714	—	Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource	25%	—	Not comparable

Coding

2 benchmarks

Benchmark	Command A+	Gemma 4 12B	Result
AA Coding IndexSource	27.9%	—	Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource	37.8%	38.2%	Gemma 4 12B leads

Reasoning

4 benchmarks

Benchmark	Command A+	Gemma 4 12B	Result
AA-LCRSource	46.0%	55.3%	Gemma 4 12B leads
CritPtSource	0.3%	0.0%	Command A+ leads
BBHSource	—	53%	Not comparable
MRCRv2Source	—	43.4%	Not comparable

Knowledge

12 benchmarks

Benchmark	Command A+	Gemma 4 12B	Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource	22.5%	22.0%	Command A+ leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource	76.1%	75.3%	Command A+ leads
AA-HLESource	11.4%	14.8%	Gemma 4 12B leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource	-4.0%	-51.9%	Command A+ leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource	8.9%	16.0%	Gemma 4 12B leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource	14.1%	80.8%	Command A+ leads
AA Openness IndexSource	38.9%	—	Not comparable
GPQASource	—	78.8%	Not comparable
GPQA-DSource	—	78.8%	Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource	—	77.2%	Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource	—	5.2%	Not comparable
MMMLUSource	—	83.4%	Not comparable

Math

1 benchmarks

Benchmark	Command A+	Gemma 4 12B	Result
AIME26Source	—	77.5%	Not comparable

MultimodalGemma 4 12B wins

6 benchmarks

Benchmark	Command A+	Gemma 4 12B	Result
MMMUSource	75.1%	—	Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource	63%	69.1%	Gemma 4 12B leads
CharXivSource	52.7%	—	Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource	63.2%	69.7%	Gemma 4 12B leads
MathVisionSource	—	79.7%	Not comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)Source	—	48.7%	Not comparable

Inst. Following

1 benchmarks

Benchmark	Command A+	Gemma 4 12B	Result
AA-IFBenchSource	73.9%	73.5%	Command A+ leads

Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Command A+ or Gemma 4 12B?

Command A+ is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 47.51 to 47.29. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 63% and 69.1%.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Command A+ or Gemma 4 12B?

Gemma 4 12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.1 versus 59.3. Inside this category, AA-MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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