Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B

baidu · Released Aug 12, 2025
28
Our Score

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 routing. Supporting an extensive 131K token context length, the model achieves efficient inference via multi-expert parallel collaboration and quantization, while advanced post-training techniques including SFT, DPO, and UPO ensure optimized performance across diverse applications with specialized routing and balancing losses for superior task handling.

$0.07 / 1M Input Price
$0.28 / 1M Output Price
120,000 tokens Context Window
8,000 tokens Max Output
21B Parameters

Capabilities

Tool Use Function Calling

Architecture

ModalityText → Text
TokenizerOther
Parameters21B

Model Information

OpenRouter ID baidu/ernie-4.5-21b-a3b
Providerbaidu
Release Date August 12, 2025
Context Length120,000 tokens
Max Completion8,000 tokens
Status Active

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.07 $0.000070
Output $0.28 $0.000280

Live Performance

Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.

100%
Avg Uptime
1,204ms
Best Latency (TTFT)
54.5 tok/s
Best Throughput
1/1
Active Endpoints
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