# Announcing Command R7b

We're thrilled to announce the release of Command R7B, the smallest, fastest, and final model in our R family of enterprise-focused [large language models](/guides/cohere-platform-get-started-the-cohere-platform#large-language-models-llms) (LLMs). With a context window of 128K, Command R7B offers state-of-the-art performance across a variety of real-world tasks, and is designed for use cases in which speed, cost, and compute are important. Specifically, Command R7B is excellent for [retrieval-augmented generation](/guides/text-generation-retrieval-augmented-generation-rag), [tool use](/guides/text-generation-v2-tool-use-tool-use-overview), and [agentic applications](https://docs.cohere.com/docs/tool-use-usage-patterns#multi-step-tool-use) where complex reasoning, multiple actions, and information-seeking are important for success.

Command R7B is available today on the [Cohere Platform](/guides/cohere-platform-get-started-the-cohere-platform) as well as accessible on HuggingFace, or you can access it in the SDK with `command-r7b-12-2024`. For more information, check out our [dedicated blog post](https://cohere.com/blog/command-r7b).

## Related pages

- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Cohere](../index.md)
- [Cohere API](./cohere-api-index.md)
- [Cohere Labs](./cohere-labs-index.md)
- [Cohere Platform](./cohere-platform-index.md)
- [Cookbooks](./cookbooks-index.md)
- [Deployment Options](./deployment-options-index.md)
- [Embeddings (Vectors, Search, Retrieval)](./embeddings-vectors-search-retrieval-index.md)
- [Get Started](./get-started-index.md)
- [Going to Production](./going-to-production-index.md)

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