Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B: side-by-side summary

Claude Sonnet 4.5 and ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Claude Sonnet 4.5, from Anthropic, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $3/M tokens input, $15/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B, from baidu, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Claude Sonnet 4.5: 1,000,000 tokens
• ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B: 131,072 tokens

Price

• Claude Sonnet 4.5: $3/M tokens input, $15/M tokens output
• ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B: Pricing varies by provider

Provided by

• Claude Sonnet 4.5: Anthropic
• ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B: baidu

• Claude Sonnet 4.5 model details, providers and pricing
• ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B model details, providers and pricing