Cohere builds enterprise-focused models including the Command family for chat and Embed for retrieval. Most Cohere models are closed source with a hosted API.
Visit CohereModels tracked
7
Open weight
3
API only
4
Avg score
53.0
Top benchmark
75.7
GPQA
Total HF downloads
114.8K
Context window
32K – 256K
First release
Apr 2025
Latest release
Oct 2026
Ranked by composite score across benchmarks, popularity, efficiency, and versatility.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | audio | AA71.5 | 2B | Mar 2026 | |
| 2 | Cohere Embed v4.0API | embedding |
The strongest model from this provider in each modality. Click a card to open the model page.
When each model shipped, newest first.
Oct 21
Oct 21
Models with downloadable weights, ranked by composite score.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | audio | AA71.5 | 2B | Mar 2026 | |
| 2 |
Cohere ships 7 models that we track. Of those, 3 are open weight and 4 are accessed through their API.
It depends on the model. See the open-weight section above for models you can run locally, and the API-only section for closed models priced per token.
By composite score, Cohere Transcribe (03-2026) is currently the top Cohere model in our directory. Composite score blends benchmarks, popularity, efficiency, and versatility.

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Open Directory
See every release in a family side by side, with a timeline and a leaderboard. Useful when you have already picked a series and want the right size.
Benchmark data sourced from: Hugging Face, Arena.ai, Artificial Analysis.
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| Apr 2025 |
| 3 | text | CC49.7 | 30B | Jun 2026 |
| 4 | Rerank 5 ProAPI | embedding | CC46.3 | — | Oct 2026 |
| 5 | Rerank 5 FastAPI | embedding | CC46.3 | — | Oct 2026 |
| 6 | Embed 5 FastAPI | embedding | CC46.3 | — | Sep 2026 |
| 7 | embedding | CC43.8 | — | Sep 2026 |
Embedding
Cohere Embed v4.0
How this provider’s catalog splits across text, image, video, audio, embedding, and decision models.
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Sep 30
Jun 9
Apr 15
Composite grades across this provider’s catalog. Higher is better, blending benchmarks, popularity, and efficiency.
CC49.7 |
| 30B |
| Jun 2026 |
| 3 | embedding | CC43.8 | — | Sep 2026 |
Closed-source models accessed through Cohere’s API.
API pricing is per million tokens unless noted otherwise.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cohere Embed v4.0API | embedding | BB66.9 | — | Apr 2025 |
| 2 | Rerank 5 ProAPI | embedding | CC46.3 | — | Oct 2026 |
| 3 | Rerank 5 FastAPI | embedding | CC46.3 | — | Oct 2026 |
| 4 | Embed 5 FastAPI | embedding | CC46.3 | — | Sep 2026 |