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Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.

Input delta: $0.00Output delta: $0.18Monthly delta: $11

Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.

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MetricBaidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B ThinkingQwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
Developerbaiduqwen
Context Window131,072262,144
Input Cost / 1M Tokens$0.0700$0.0710
Output Cost / 1M Tokens$0.2800$0.1000
Projected Monthly Cost$25$15
Vision❌ No❌ No
Tool Calling❌ No✅ Yes
Structured Output❌ No✅ Yes
Reasoning✅ Yes✅ Yes
MMLU ScoreN/A82.8
GPQAN/A75.3

Price History

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 11
$0.0700$0.1750$0.2800Mar 7Mar 8Mar 9Mar 10Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.0700

Current Output / 1M

$0.2800

Price History

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 11
$0.0710$0.0855$0.1000Mar 7Mar 8Mar 9Mar 10Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.0710

Current Output / 1M

$0.1000

Cost Calculator

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01.0B
0500M

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking

$25

per month

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

$15

per month

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Live Recommendation

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 saves $11/mo at this workload
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FAQ

Common questions for Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 pricing decisions.

Which is cheaper for input tokens: Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking is cheaper or equal on input token cost by $0.00 per 1M tokens.

Which is cheaper for output tokens: Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on output token cost by $0.18 per 1M tokens.

What is the projected monthly cost difference between Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

$11 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).

How should I choose between Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

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