Models

ERNIE 5.1 vs Grok 4.5

Compare ERNIE 5.1 from Baidu and Grok 4.5 from Grok on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

BaiduERNIE 5.1GrokGrok 4.5
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ERNIE 5.1
Baidu · text → text

ERNIE 5.1 is the latest model in the Wenxin series, with comprehensive upgrades to its foundational capabilities and significant improvements in agents, knowledge, reasoning, and deep search. This upgrade uses a decoupled fully-asynchronous reinforcement learning technique to specifically address challenges encountered as large models evolve toward agent-based autonomous decision-making, such as training–inference numerical bias, low utilization of heterogeneous resources, and global issues caused by long-tail effects. It is paired with scaled agent post-training techniques to enhance model capabilities and generalization, enabling a three-step collaboration of environment, expert, and fusion that both ensures training efficiency and significantly improves the model’s stability and performance on complex tasks.

Input$0.5634 /M
Output$2.5353 /M
Grok logo
Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2 /M
Output$6 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

ERNIE 5.1
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$0.5634
$2
Output /M
$2.5353
$6
Cache read /M
-
$0.5
Context length
119,000
500,000
Max output
65,536
500,000
Time to First Token
8.0 s
3.3 s
Throughput
30.8 tok/s
40.6 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinking
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
May 10, 2026
July 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

ernie-5.1grok-4.5

Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

ernie-5.1grok-4.5

Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
ernie-5.1grok-4.5
1400144014801520
Overall
14681471
Coding
15141523
Math
14771479
Hard prompts
14881495
Instruction following
14531466
Multi-turn
14731476
Creative writing
14281451
Longer query
14661487
Chinese
14981512
English
14761479

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

ERNIE 5.1
$71.83 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: ERNIE 5.1, Grok 4.5?

ERNIE 5.1: $2.5353/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; ERNIE 5.1: 1514 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Grok 4.5: 3.3s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

ERNIE 5.1 accepts 119,000 and Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 65,536 tokens on ERNIE 5.1 and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Grok 4.5 at 40.6 tok/s and ERNIE 5.1 at 30.8 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

ERNIE 5.1 accepts text input and supports thinking; Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call ERNIE 5.1 and Grok 4.5 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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