Cohere Rerank 4 Fast vs Cohere Rerank 3.5

Detailed comparison between Cohere Rerank 4 Fast and Cohere Rerank 3.5. See which reranker best meets your accuracy and performance needs.

Model Comparison

Cohere Rerank 4 Fast takes the lead.

Both Cohere Rerank 4 Fast and Cohere Rerank 3.5 are powerful reranking models designed to improve retrieval quality in RAG applications. However, their performance characteristics differ in important ways.

Why Cohere Rerank 4 Fast:

  • Cohere Rerank 4 Fast has 55 higher ELO rating
  • Cohere Rerank 4 Fast has a 8.3% higher win rate

Overview

Key metrics

ELO Rating

Overall ranking quality

Cohere Rerank 4 Fast

1506

Cohere Rerank 3.5

1452

Win Rate

Head-to-head performance

Cohere Rerank 4 Fast

49.3%

Cohere Rerank 3.5

41.0%

Accuracy (nDCG@10)

Ranking quality metric

Cohere Rerank 4 Fast

N/A

Cohere Rerank 3.5

0.080

Average Latency

Response time

Cohere Rerank 4 Fast

447ms

Cohere Rerank 3.5

392ms

Visual Performance Analysis

Performance

ELO Rating Comparison

Win/Loss/Tie Breakdown

Latency Distribution (ms)

Breakdown

How the models stack up

MetricCohere Rerank 4 FastCohere Rerank 3.5Description
Overall Performance
ELO Rating
1506
1452
Overall ranking quality based on pairwise comparisons
Win Rate
49.3%
41.0%
Percentage of comparisons won against other models
Pricing & Availability
Price per 1M tokens
$0.050
$0.050
Cost per million tokens processed
Release Date
2025-12-11
2024-12-02
Model release date
Accuracy Metrics
Avg nDCG@10
N/A
0.080
Normalized discounted cumulative gain at position 10
Performance Metrics
Avg Latency
447ms
392ms
Average response time across all datasets

Dataset Performance

By field

Comprehensive comparison of accuracy metrics (nDCG, Recall) and latency percentiles for each benchmark dataset.

MSMARCO

MetricCohere Rerank 4 FastCohere Rerank 3.5Description
Latency Metrics
Mean
403ms
339ms
Average response time
P50
382ms
285ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
486ms
304ms
90th percentile

arguana

MetricCohere Rerank 4 FastCohere Rerank 3.5Description
Latency Metrics
Mean
574ms
570ms
Average response time
P50
562ms
373ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
728ms
617ms
90th percentile

FiQa

MetricCohere Rerank 4 FastCohere Rerank 3.5Description
Latency Metrics
Mean
485ms
364ms
Average response time
P50
459ms
315ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
624ms
401ms
90th percentile

business reports

MetricCohere Rerank 4 FastCohere Rerank 3.5Description
Latency Metrics
Mean
428ms
334ms
Average response time
P50
408ms
293ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
550ms
503ms
90th percentile

PG

MetricCohere Rerank 4 FastCohere Rerank 3.5Description
Latency Metrics
Mean
492ms
458ms
Average response time
P50
439ms
360ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
650ms
615ms
90th percentile

DBPedia

MetricCohere Rerank 4 FastCohere Rerank 3.5Description
Latency Metrics
Mean
297ms
286ms
Average response time
P50
297ms
279ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
309ms
290ms
90th percentile

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