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 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen2.5 72B is the latest series of Qwen large language models. Qwen2.5 brings the following improvements upon Qwen2: - Significantly more knowledge and has greatly improved capabilities in coding and mathematics, thanks to our specialized…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 120K | 33K | 🏆 Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.07 | $0.12 | 🏆 Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.28 | $0.39 | 🏆 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 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B wins on 3 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 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Input: $0.07 vs $0.12 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.28 vs $0.39 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct support?
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B supports up to 120K tokens. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct supports up to 33K tokens.
Do both Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct support tool calling?
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B: yes. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: yes.