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 using a heterogeneous MoE architect…
Model details →Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B vs OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini
OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
GPT-5 Mini is a compact version of GPT-5, designed to handle lighter-weight reasoning tasks. It provides the same instruction-following and safety-tuning benefits as GPT-5, but with reduced latency and cost. GPT-5 Mini is the successor to O…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B | OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 123K | 400K | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.42 | $0.25 | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.25 | $2.00 | 🏆 Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B better than OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini?
OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini 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 VL 424B A47B and OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini?
Input: $0.42 vs $0.25 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.25 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B and OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini support?
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B supports up to 123K tokens. OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini supports up to 400K tokens.
Do both Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B and OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini support tool calling?
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B: not advertised. OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini: yes.