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 competit…
Model details →Cohere: Command R (08-2024) vs Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct is a 30.5B parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model with 128 experts (8 active per forward pass), designed for advanced code generation, repository-scale understanding, and agentic tool use. Built on the Qwen3 a…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Cohere: Command R (08-2024) | Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 128K | 160K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.15 | $0.07 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.60 | $0.27 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Cohere: Command R (08-2024) better than Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Cohere: Command R (08-2024) and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?
Input: $0.15 vs $0.07 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.60 vs $0.27 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Cohere: Command R (08-2024) and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct support?
Cohere: Command R (08-2024) supports up to 128K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct supports up to 160K tokens.
Do both Cohere: Command R (08-2024) and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct support tool calling?
Cohere: Command R (08-2024): yes. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: yes.