Is Baidu Ernie 4.5 21B A3B Thinking or OpenAI GPT-5 Mini cheaper?

Baidu Ernie 4.5 21B A3B Thinking is cheaper on output tokens ($0.28 vs $2.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Baidu Ernie 4.5 21B A3B Thinking or OpenAI GPT-5 Mini?

OpenAI GPT-5 Mini has the larger context window (400K tokens).

Baidu Ernie 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs OpenAI GPT-5 Mini

Baidu Ernie 4.5 21B A3B Thinking is cheaper on output tokens, while OpenAI GPT-5 Mini offers a larger context window. Choose Baidu Ernie 4.5 21B A3B Thinking or OpenAI GPT-5 Mini based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Baidu Ernie 4.5 21B A3B Thinking	OpenAI GPT-5 Mini
Provider	Helicone	Helicone
Input / 1M tokens	$0.07	$0.25
Output / 1M tokens	$0.28	$2.00
Context window	128K	400K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Mar 2025	Jan 2025

Baidu Ernie 4.5 21B A3B Thinking details →OpenAI GPT-5 Mini details →

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