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ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview vs Grok 4.5

Compare ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview 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.

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ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
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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.

Input$0.294 /M
Output$1.176 /M
Cache read$0.0294 /M
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Grok 4.5
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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 5.5 Flash Preview
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$0.294
$2
Output /M
$1.176
$6
Cache read /M
$0.0294
$0.5
Context length
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500,000
Max output
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500,000
Time to First Token
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2.6 s
Throughput
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33.6 tok/s
Modalities
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Supported Parameters
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API Formats
Released
November 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.

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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.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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Cost calculator

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

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
$35.28 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview, Grok 4.5?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview: $1.176/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Can I call ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview 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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