ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking API Pricing 2026
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Overview
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking was released on October 9, 2025. Pricing starts at $0.070 per million input tokens and $0.280 per million output tokens. The model supports a context window of up to 131K tokens. API access is available through Baidu.
Pricing Comparison
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Current Pricing (per 1M tokens)
11 models
Provider | Model | Input $/M | Output $/M | Coding | MMLU | GPQA | Context | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BD | $0.070 | $0.280 | — | — | — | 131,072 | ||
QW | $0.050 | $0.200 | 16.3 | 63.3 | 41.0 | 131,072 | ||
QW | $0.050 | $0.400 | 20.2 | 64.3 | 45.2 | 32,000 | ||
QW | $0.051 | $0.340 | — | — | — | 32,768 | ||
Z | $0.060 | $0.400 | — | — | 45.2 | 202,752 | ||
$0.060 | $0.180 | 27.5 | 68.1 | 50.5 | 131,072 | |||
QW | $0.060 | $0.240 | 28.0 | 67.5 | 47.0 | 40,960 | ||
$0.060 | $0.140 | 23.1 | 71.4 | 57.5 | 16,384 | |||
AM | $0.060 | $0.240 | 16.7 | 59.0 | 43.3 | 300,000 | ||
GR | $0.060 | $0.060 | — | — | — | 4,096 | ||
NV | $0.070 | $0.200 | 34.5 | 64.9 | 43.9 | 131,072 |
* Some models use tiered pricing based on prompt length. Displayed prices are for prompts ≤ 200k tokens.
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ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking is available from multiple providers with different pricing and availability.
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1 models
Provider | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cache Read $/M | Cache Write $/M | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Novita Best Price | $0.070 | $0.280 | - | - | - |
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