A sophisticated text-based Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model featuring 21B total parameters with 3B activated per token, delivering exceptional multimodal understanding and generation through heterogeneous MoE structures and modality-isolated …
Model details →Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B vs Cohere: Command R (08-2024)
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
command-r-08-2024 is an update of the [Command R](/models/cohere/command-r) with improved performance for multilingual retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and tool use. More broadly, it is better at math, code and reasoning and...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B | Cohere: Command R (08-2024) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 120K | 128K | 🏆 Cohere: Command R (08-2024) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.07 | $0.15 | 🏆 Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.28 | $0.60 | 🏆 Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B better than Cohere: Command R (08-2024)?
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B and Cohere: Command R (08-2024)?
Input: $0.07 vs $0.15 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.28 vs $0.60 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B and Cohere: Command R (08-2024) support?
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B supports up to 120K tokens. Cohere: Command R (08-2024) supports up to 128K tokens.
Do both Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B and Cohere: Command R (08-2024) support tool calling?
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B: yes. Cohere: Command R (08-2024): yes.