Is Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B or OpenAI: GPT-5 Pro cheaper?

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.28 vs $120.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B or OpenAI: GPT-5 Pro?

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

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B vs OpenAI: GPT-5 Pro

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

Spec	Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B	OpenAI: GPT-5 Pro
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.07	$15.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.28	$120.00
Context window	120K	400K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jun 2025	Oct 2025

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B details →OpenAI: GPT-5 Pro details →

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