ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B PT
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B PT is Baidu's language model with a 4K context window and up to 4K output tokens, starting at $0.1 / 1M input and $0.1 / 1M output. A post-trained MoE text LLM from Baidu with 21B total parameters and 3B activated per token, optimized for general language understanding.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.1 | $0.1 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B PT, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 50 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_NP10s |  Azure | AMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB) | 64 GB | $1.65/hr | westus2 | |
| Standard_NV32as_v4 | Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 64 GB | $1.86/hr | westus2 | |
| Standard_NP20s | Azure | 2× AMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB) | 128 GB | $3.30/hr | westus2 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B | 120K | $0.070 | $0.280 | Available | |
| ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B PT | — | 4K | $0.100 | $0.100 | Current |
| ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B PT | — | 4K | $0.100 | $0.100 | Available |