Which is cheaper for input tokens: Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B or Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)?
Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) is cheaper on input token cost by $0.14 per 1M tokens.
Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
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| Metric | Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B | Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | baidu | |
| Context Window | 30,000 | 131,072 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.1400 | $0.0000 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.5600 | $0.0000 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $50 | $0.00 |
| Vision | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| MMLU Score | N/A | N/A |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.1400
Current Output / 1M
$0.5600
Price History
Current Input / 1M
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Current Output / 1M
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Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B
$50
per month
Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)
$0.00
per month
Lower costLive Recommendation
Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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Common questions for Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B vs Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) pricing decisions.
Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) is cheaper on input token cost by $0.14 per 1M tokens.
Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) is cheaper on output token cost by $0.56 per 1M tokens.
$50 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).
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