Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast

Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast

baidu · Released Apr 20, 2026
Intelligence #511 / 756
27.4 our score
Speed
Not reported
Input Price #525 / 779
$0.680 per 1M tokens
Output Price #544 / 779
$2.81 per 1M tokens
Context #565 / 779
65,536 tokens

Analysis Summary

Qianfan-OCR-Fast is a specialised Baidu model for extracting text from images, with a 65K context window and text plus image input. Its narrow positioning is useful for scanned documents, screenshots, forms, receipts, and other visual assets that need to enter a digital content workflow.

For agency operations, it can support OCR preprocessing, archive conversion, image-based content audits, and document intake before another model performs analysis or drafting. It should not be treated as a general reasoning, coding, or client-copy model. No benchmark data is supplied for this variant, so extraction accuracy and robustness across difficult layouts require direct testing.

The listed pricing is reasonable for a specialist utility. Adopt it as a preprocessing component where visual text capture is the main requirement, rather than as a standalone assistant.

Assessed September 7, 2026

Editorial notes

Qianfan-OCR-Fast is a focused vision model with 65K context and text-image input, suited to document extraction, but it has no benchmark data for broader reasoning or workflow reliability.

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DFO Verdict

Qianfan-OCR-Fast is a focused vision model with 65K context and text-image input, suited to document extraction, but it has no benchmark data for broader reasoning or workflow reliability.

#511 of 756 overall

How Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast compares

Its 66K-token context window is larger than 27% of the models we list. At $0.68 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 33% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 32% of models #511
Price: cheaper than 33% of models #525
Context: larger than 27% of models #565
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast $0.68 in $2.81 out
OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra $10.00 in $50.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast 66K

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence0Technical0Value6.5Content5.5
Performance profile

Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.68 $0.000680
Output $2.81 $0.002810

What would Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast cost your business?

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

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About Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast

Qianfan-OCR-Fast is a domain-specific multimodal large model purpose-built for OCR. By leveraging specialized OCR training data while preserving versatile multimodal intelligence, it provides a powerful performance upgrade over Qianfan-OCR.

Frequently asked questions about Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast

How much does Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast cost?

Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast costs $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.81 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast?

Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast has a context window of 65,536 tokens (66K).

What can Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast do?

Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast supports image/vision input.

Who created Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast?

Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast is developed by Baidu and was released on April 20, 2026.

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