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Command A Reasoning vs MiniMax M3

Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.

Command A Reasoning comes from Cohere and MiniMax M3 from MiniMax. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.

MiniMax M3 holds more in a single conversation — 1M tokens against 256K — which matters for long documents and large codebases.

MiniMax M3 is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $0.30 / 1M tokens.

SpecificationCommand A ReasoningMiniMax M3
ProviderCohereMiniMax
Model IDcommand-a-reasoning-08-2025MiniMax-M3
Context window256K1M
Max output32K—
Input price$5.00 / 1M tokens$0.30 / 1M tokens
Output price$20.00 / 1M tokens$1.20 / 1M tokens
Knowledge cutoff——
Input typestexttext, image
Output typestexttext
PlanAll paid plansAll paid plans

Which should you use?

Pick Command A Reasoning when…

  • You want longer single responses — up to 32K output tokens.
Command A Reasoning details

Pick MiniMax M3 when…

  • You need the larger context window — 1M against 256K.
  • Cost matters: input runs at $0.30 / 1M tokens versus $5.00 / 1M tokens.
  • You need image input, which the other model does not accept.
MiniMax M3 details

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Try both on Clade

You do not have to choose. One Clade subscription gives you Command A Reasoning, MiniMax M3, and every other model on the platform.