Chat with Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking

ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking is Baidu's upgraded lightweight MoE model, refined to boost reasoning depth and quality for top-tier performance in logical puzzles,

No signup required — 10,000 session credits for guests. 50,000 free credits on account creation.

Provider
Baidu
Model slug
baidu/ernie-4.5-21b-a3b-thinking
Typical cost
Around 189–472 credits per typical message. 15M Pro credits buy roughly 31,779–7…
Availability
On Faceb.ai · chat + API

About Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking

ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking is Baidu's upgraded lightweight MoE model, refined to boost reasoning depth and quality for top-tier performance in logical puzzles, math, science, coding, text generation, and expert-level academic benchmarks.

What it's good at

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131,072-token context window — enough for long documents.

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Extremely low per-token price compared to frontier models — good for high-volume workloads.

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Hosted by Baidu — you can access it here alongside GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini and 100+ more on one plan.

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Switch to any other model mid-conversation from the picker.

Pricing on Faceb.ai

Around 189–472 credits per typical message. 15M Pro credits buy roughly 31,779–79,365 messages.

Frequently asked — Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking

What is Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking?

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking is a chat/completion model served by Baidu and accessed through Faceb.ai. Try it without signing up — guest users get 10,000 session credits to experiment.

Is Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking free on Faceb.ai?

You get 50,000 credits on signup — usually enough for a handful of messages. After that, Pro is $14.99/month for 15M credits, or top-ups from $5.

What's Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking's context window?

131,072 tokens. Paste your source material in, no need to truncate.

Can I call Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking from the API?

Yes. Any API key from /account/api/ works with model slug `baidu/ernie-4.5-21b-a3b-thinking`. The OpenAI SDK works with base_url=https://api.faceb.ai/v1.

How does Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking compare to GPT-4o or Claude?

Depends on the task. Faceb.ai lets you switch models per message — benchmark side-by-side by asking both the same prompt, which is more reliable than abstract comparisons.

How much does Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking cost per message here?

Around 189–472 credits per typical message. 15M Pro credits buy roughly 31,779–79,365 messages.

Does Faceb.ai train on my Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking prompts?

No. We contractually request that upstream providers not train on content routed through us. Your chat history lives only on your account.

Is Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking good for coding?

It depends on the model size and training mix. For serious code work the developer favourites are Claude 3.5 Sonnet and DeepSeek V3; for quick edits, most capable models work fine.

Can I use Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking on the API with the OpenAI SDK?

Yes — point your SDK at https://api.faceb.ai/v1 and use this model's slug as the model parameter. Everything else works as normal.

Does Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking support image inputs?

Check the model catalog — multimodal models are marked in the picker. If it accepts images, you can drop screenshots and diagrams straight into the chat.

Can I switch from Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking to another model mid-chat?

Yes — the picker is always at the top of the chat. Previous context carries over.

Will newer versions of Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking show up here automatically?

Yes. Our catalog auto-fetches from the upstream aggregator, so provider updates and new versions appear in the picker as soon as they're available.

Or try a different model

Your Faceb.ai credits work for every model — switch per message, no extra subscriptions.

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