Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
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Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 | DeepSeek | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | Qwen: Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.04 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | Qwen: Qwen3 14B | Qwen | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 41K Short/standard context | $0.06 Budget | vs → |
| 4 | Qwen: Qwen3 32B | Qwen | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 41K Short/standard context | $0.08 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | Qwen: Qwen3 8B | Qwen | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 41K Short/standard context | $0.05 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | Mistral: Mistral Small 3 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.05 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | Mistral: Mistral Small Creative | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | Mistral: Saba | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | Mistral: Voxtral Small 24B 2507 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 32K Short/standard context | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 41K Short/standard context | $0.08 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Qwen | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.12 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | AllenAI: Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct | Allenai | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 66K Short/standard context | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | EssentialAI: Rnj 1 Instruct | Essentialai | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | TheDrummer: Rocinante 12B | Thedrummer | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.17 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | TheDrummer: UnslopNemo 12B | Thedrummer | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.40 Budget | vs → |