ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B vs Gemini 3.5 Flash
Baidu vs Google — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B is cheaper ($0.07 vs $1.50 per 1M input)
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash has a larger context window (1M)
| ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B | Gemini 3.5 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | — | 92.2 |
| Developer | Baidu | |
| Type | LLM | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Input price | $0.07 / 1M | $1.50 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.28 / 1M | $9.00 / 1M |
| Speed | — | 221 tok/s |
| Released | August 12, 2025 | May 19, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image, Audio, Video |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |