Is ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking or GLM-5.1 cheaper?

ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking is cheaper on output tokens ($0.28 vs $4.40 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking or GLM-5.1?

GLM-5.1 has the larger context window (205K tokens).

ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking vs GLM-5.1

ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking is cheaper on output tokens, while GLM-5.1 offers a larger context window. Choose ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking or GLM-5.1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking	GLM-5.1
Provider	NovitaAI	NovitaAI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.07	$1.40
Output / 1M tokens	$0.28	$4.40
Context window	131K	205K
Parameters	—	754B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Sep 2025	Mar 2026

ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking details →GLM-5.1 details →

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