Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Phi-4?

Phi-4 is cheaper for both input ($0.07/M tokens) and output ($0.14/M tokens), compared to Command R+ at $2.50/$10.00 per million tokens.

Which is faster, Command R+ or Phi-4?

Phi-4 is faster at 160 tokens/sec with a TTFT of 100ms, compared to Command R+ at 65 tokens/sec and 350ms TTFT.

Which has a bigger context window, Command R+ or Phi-4?

Command R+ has a 128K token context window, which is larger Phi-4's 16K context window.

Which is better for coding, Command R+ or Phi-4?

Command R+ has a higher coding ELO of 1160 compared to Phi-4's 1130, making it the stronger choice for code generation and programming tasks.

Command R+ vs Phi-4: Pricing, Benchmarks & Verdict (2026)

Verdict

Phi-4 is significantly cheaper at $0.07/$0.14 per million tokens vs $2.50/$10.00. Command R+ is stronger for coding with a coding ELO of 1160 vs 1130. Phi-4 is faster at 160 tokens/sec vs 65 tokens/sec. Command R+ ranks higher overall with an Arena ELO of 1200 vs 1150. Command R+ offers a larger 128K context window vs 16K.

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Command R+	Phi-4
Provider	Cohere	Microsoft
Input Price / 1M tokens	$2.50	$0.065
Output Price / 1M tokens	$10.00	$0.140
Context Window	128K	16.384K
Max Output Tokens	4,096	4,096
Arena ELO	1,200	1,150
Coding ELO	1,160	1,130
TTFT (ms)	350	100
Tokens/sec	65	160
Multimodal	No	No
JSON Mode	Yes	Yes
Function Calling	Yes	No
Vision	No	No

When to Use Command R+

Choose Command R+ when you need: best-in-class rag capabilities, excellent citation and grounding, strong multilingual support, enterprise-focused features. It excels at rag, enterprise, multilingual, search tasks. Its 128K context window is larger, making it better for long-document processing.

Strengths:

Best-in-class RAG capabilities
Excellent citation and grounding
Strong multilingual support
Enterprise-focused features

Best for:

ragenterprisemultilingualsearch

When to Use Phi-4

Choose Phi-4 when you need: ultra-low cost for a capable model, strong math for its size (14b params), very fast inference, can run on consumer hardware. It excels at cost-sensitive, edge-deployment, math, lightweight-tasks tasks. It is also the more cost-effective option between the two.

Strengths:

Ultra-low cost for a capable model
Strong math for its size (14B params)
Very fast inference
Can run on consumer hardware

Best for:

cost-sensitiveedge-deploymentmathlightweight-tasks

Command R+ vs Phi-4: Pricing, Benchmarks & Verdict (2026)

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