Is Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking or DeepSeek: R1 cheaper?

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking is cheaper on output tokens ($0.28 vs $2.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking or DeepSeek: R1?

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking has the larger context window (131K tokens).

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs DeepSeek: R1

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking is cheaper on output tokens, while Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking offers a larger context window. Choose Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking or DeepSeek: R1 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	DeepSeek: R1
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.07	$0.70
Output / 1M tokens	$0.28	$2.50
Context window	131K	64K
Parameters	—	671B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Sep 2025	Jan 2025

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking details →DeepSeek: R1 details →

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