Overview
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking vs GPT-5 Image Mini: side-by-side summary
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking and GPT-5 Image Mini 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.
GPT-5 Image Mini, from OpenAI, has a 400,000-token context window and is priced at $2.50/M tokens input, $8/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
- Context window
- ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking: 131,072 tokens
- GPT-5 Image Mini: 400,000 tokens
- Price
- ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking: Pricing varies by provider
- GPT-5 Image Mini: $2.50/M tokens input, $8/M tokens output
- Provided by
- ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking: baidu
- GPT-5 Image Mini: OpenAI