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ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs o3
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Winner summary
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking wins on 0/0 benchmarks
Not enough overlapping benchmarks to declare a winner yet · ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking · o3 are still filling in scores.
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking
#64 by perf·no signal
o3
#111 by perf·no signal
Best value
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking
31.9x better value than o3
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking
325.7 pts/$
$0.18/M
o3
10.2 pts/$
$5.00/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Baidu
$45.0B·Tier 1
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.07 | $0.28 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $1.23 | |
| $2.00 | $8.00 | 200K tokens (~100 books) | $35.00 |