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ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs Seed 1.6

Compare ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking from baidu and Seed 1.6 from bytedance-seed on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

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ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs Seed 1.6: side-by-side summary

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking and Seed 1.6 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

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

Seed 1.6, from bytedance-seed, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.25/M tokens input, $2/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window
  • ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking: 131,072 tokens
  • Seed 1.6: 262,144 tokens
Price
  • ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking: Pricing varies by provider
  • Seed 1.6: $0.25/M tokens input, $2/M tokens output
Provided by
  • ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking: baidu
  • Seed 1.6: bytedance-seed
  • ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking model details, providers and pricing
  • Seed 1.6 model details, providers and pricing
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Overview

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking
Author
baidu
Seed 1.6
Author
bytedance-seed
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking
Context length
131Ktokens
Seed 1.6
Context length
262Ktokens
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking
Reasoning
Seed 1.6
Reasoning
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking
Input modalities
Seed 1.6
Input modalities
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking
Output modalities
Seed 1.6
Output modalities