ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs Mistral Large 3 2512

Compare ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking from baidu and Mistral Large 3 2512 from Mistral AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs Mistral Large 3 2512: side-by-side summary

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking and Mistral Large 3 2512 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.

Mistral Large 3 2512, from Mistral AI, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.50/M tokens input, $1.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking: 131,072 tokens
Mistral Large 3 2512: 262,144 tokens

Price

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking: Pricing varies by provider
Mistral Large 3 2512: $0.50/M tokens input, $1.50/M tokens output

Provided by

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking: baidu
Mistral Large 3 2512: Mistral AI

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs Mistral Large 3 2512 at a glance

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs Mistral Large 3 2512 comparison
	ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking	Mistral Large 3 2512
Input price	Pricing varies by provider	$0.50/M tokens
Output price	Pricing varies by provider	$1.50/M tokens
Context window	131,072 tokens	262,144 tokens
Intelligence Index	Not available	9.3
Coding Index	Not available	20.1
Agentic Index	Not available	1.0
Latency (p50)	Not available	1.13 s
Throughput (p50)	Not available	50.0 tok/s

Oct 5, 2026

Which has the longer context window, ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking or Mistral Large 3 2512?

Mistral Large 3 2512 has the longer context window at 262,144 tokens, compared with 131,072 tokens for ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking.

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs Mistral Large 3 2512

ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs Mistral Large 3 2512

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