Which is cheaper for input tokens: Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B or MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1?
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 is cheaper on input token cost by $0.01 per 1M tokens.
Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
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Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
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| Metric | Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | baidu | minimax |
| Context Window | 123,000 | 196,608 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.2800 | $0.2700 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $1.10 | $0.9500 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $100 | $89 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tool Calling | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| MMLU Score | 77.6 | N/A |
| GPQA | 81.1 | N/A |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.2800
Current Output / 1M
$1.10
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.2700
Current Output / 1M
$0.9500
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Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B
$100
per month
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1
$89
per month
Lower costLive Recommendation
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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Common questions for Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 pricing decisions.
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 is cheaper on input token cost by $0.01 per 1M tokens.
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 is cheaper on output token cost by $0.15 per 1M tokens.
$10 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).
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