Is Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 cheaper?

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.56 vs $3.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B is cheaper on output tokens, while MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.14	$0.75
Output / 1M tokens	$0.56	$3.50
Context window	30K	262K
Parameters	—	1T
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jun 2025	Apr 2026

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