Aion 3.5 Mini is a multi-model roleplaying and storytelling system from AionLabs, built on the GLM family of models. It is the smaller, lower-cost sibling of Aion 3.5 and uses...
Model details →AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini vs Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
ERNIE-4.5-VL-424B-A47B is a multimodal Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Baidu’s ERNIE 4.5 series, featuring 424B total parameters with 47B active per token. It is trained jointly on text and image data...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 123K | 🏆 AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.70 | $0.42 | 🏆 Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.40 | $1.25 | 🏆 Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | — | 🏆 AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini better than Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B?
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini and Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B?
Input: $0.70 vs $0.42 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.40 vs $1.25 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini and Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B support?
AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini supports up to 262K tokens. Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B supports up to 123K tokens.
Do both AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini and Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B support tool calling?
AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini: yes. Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B: not advertised.