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Language modelDeprecated

Command R

Cohere

Released
March 2024
Data date
September 8, 2026
Benchmark-Meta-Score
Fewer than eight test series
Input
Text
Output
Text

Command R is Cohere's original multilingual RAG checkpoint. The release combined ten languages, up to 128,000 context tokens, and tool use in an open text model for enterprise work. Its RAG focus is part of the model identity rather than a later API add-on.

Cohere identifies this model as command-r-03-2024 and marks it deprecated as of September 15, 2025. The command-r-08-2024 update is a separate model identity. Similar API names do not change that distinction. CC-BY-NC-4.0 and the 4,000-token maximum output also constrain commercial and text-heavy use.

Specifications and access

SpecificationValue and source
Weights
Open weightsSource not specified
Access
LocalSource
Parameters
32BSource not specified
Context window
128,000 tokensSource
License
CC-BY-NC-4.0Source
Release
2024-03-11Source
Parameters
35 BSource
Architecture
auto-regressive transformerSource
Maximum output
4,000 tokensSource
Input
TextSource
Output
TextSource
Languages
Tool calling
API model ID
command-r-03-2024Source
Model revision release
2024-08-30 (This dates the separate command-r-08-2024 refresh and is not an original Command R release date.)Source