Command R (08-2024)
command-r-08-2024 is an update of the [Command R](/models/cohere/command-r) with improved performance for multilingual retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and tool use. More broadly, it is better at math, code and reasoning and is competitive with the previous version of the larger Command R+ model. Read the launch post [here](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/command-gets-refreshed). Use of this model is subject to Cohere's [Usage Policy](https://docs.cohere.com/docs/usage-policy) and [SaaS
Context window
This model accepts 128K tokens in one request (~96K words of text).
What fits in one request
- FitsShort documentAbout 1,500 words of text
- FitsLong documentAbout 37K words of text
- Won't fitSmall codebaseAbout 150K words of text
- Won't fitFull novelAbout 375K words of text
Specifications
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- Context window
- 128,000 tokens (128K)
- Max output tokens
- 4,096 tokens (4K)
- Speed tier
- balanced
- Provider
- Cohere
- Model family
- Command R
- Release date
- Aug 2024
- Input cost
- $0.150/M / 1M tokens
- Output cost
- $0.600/M / 1M tokens
Capabilities
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- Tool use
- Can call external tools and APIs
- Supported
- Function calling
- Structured function call interface
- Supported
- Streaming
- Returns tokens as they are generated
- Supported
- Vision
- Accepts image inputs alongside text
- Not supported
- Extended thinking
- Shows its chain-of-thought reasoning
- Not supported
- Web search
- Can browse the web during a request
- Not supported
- Batch API
- Process many requests asynchronously
- Not supported
- Prompt caching
- Reuse repeated prompt prefixes cheaply
- Not supported
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