ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is the latest foundational model in Baidu's Wenxin (ERNIE) series, comprehensively optimized for programming, agents, knowledge work, and deep research. It has 280 billion total parameters, activates 14 billion parameters per token, and supports a 1M-token context window.
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview vs ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview (free)
Compare ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview from Baidu and ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview (free) from Baidu on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is the latest foundational model in Baidu's Wenxin (ERNIE) series, comprehensively optimized for programming, agents, knowledge work, and deep research. It has 280 billion total parameters, activates 14 billion parameters per token, and supports a 1M-token context window.
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Can I call ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview (free) with the same API key?
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