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 Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
The Qwen3.5 series 397B-A17B native vision-language model is built on a hybrid architecture that integrates a linear attention mechanism with a sparse mixture-of-experts model, achieving higher inference efficiency. It delivers state-of-the…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B | Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 123K | 262K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.42 | $0.39 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.25 | $2.34 | 🏆 Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| 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 Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B?
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B 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 Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B?
Input: $0.42 vs $0.39 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.25 vs $2.34 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B and Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B support?
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B supports up to 123K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B and Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B support tool calling?
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B: not advertised. Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B: yes.