Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Cohere Command R+ vs Gemini 2.5 Pro: API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Gemini 2.5 Pro is 31.5% cheaper ($892.50/mo vs $1303.12/mo), while Gemini 2.5 Pro leads in token generation speed (85 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric Cohere Command R+ (Cohere) Gemini 2.5 Pro (Google Gemini API) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $2.500 $1.250 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $1.250 $0.310 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $10.00 $10.00 Cohere Command R+
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1245 LMSYS Elo 1322 LMSYS Elo Gemini 2.5 Pro
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $1303.12 / mo $892.50 / mo Gemini 2.5 Pro (-31.5%)
Context Window 128,000 tokens 2,000,000 tokens Gemini 2.5 Pro
Output Speed (Throughput) 80 tokens/sec 85 tokens/sec Gemini 2.5 Pro
Batch API Discount -30% (Cohere) -50% (Google Gemini API) Google Gemini API
Primary Workload Fit Enterprise knowledge base search with verifiable inline citations Massive repository analysis (2M context), video/audio understanding, deep reasoning Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Cohere Command R+ → Try Gemini 2.5 Pro → Open Full Simulator