ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B APIOPEN WEIGHTS131K context
ERNIE-4.5-VL-424B-A47B is a multimodal Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Baidu’s ERNIE 4.5 series, featuring 424B total parameters with 47B active per token.
Pricing & specs mirror our live pricing as of July 2026 (pay-as-you-go).
What is ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B ?
ERNIE-4.5-VL-424B-A47B is a multimodal Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Baidu’s ERNIE 4.5 series, featuring 424B total parameters with 47B active per token. It is trained jointly on text and image data...
ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B pricing
Pay-as-you-go on DataLLM Lab — these are our live list prices (identical to the pricing page):
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read | Cache write | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B | $0.42 | $1.25 | — | — | 131K |
On output price, ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B is cheaper than 54% of the 309 models in the catalog.
What ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B costs per month
| Workload | Tokens in / out (monthly) | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot | 40M / 12M | $31.80 |
| RAG / knowledge base | 200M / 20M | $109 |
| Coding agent | 80M / 25M | $64.85 |
| Batch extraction | 150M / 8M | $73.00 |
| Content generation | 20M / 40M | $58.40 |
Estimate your own monthly cost
Cost = input price × input volume + output price × output volume. The same five workloads run on every model page, so any two compare directly.
ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B vs alternatives
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Our test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B | $0.42 | $1.25 | 131K | — |
| Claude 3 Haiku | $0.25 | $1.25 | 200K | — |
| Cogito v2.1 671B | $1.25 | $1.25 | 128K | — |
| GPT-5.4 Nano | $0.20 | $1.25 | 400K | — |
When not to use ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B
- It is served by a single provider, so there is less failover headroom during an outage.
Specs
| Model ID | baidu/ernie-4.5-vl-424b-a47b |
| Modality | text+image->text (input: image, text) |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 16,000 tokens |
| Tool / function calling | — |
| Structured output (JSON) | — |
| Released | 2025-06-30 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-03-31 |
| Open weights | ✅ baidu/ERNIE-4.5-VL-424B-A47B-PT · 126 downloads / 106 likes (30d) |
How to call ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.datallmlab.com/v1", api_key="YOUR_DATALLM_LAB_KEY")
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="baidu/ernie-4.5-vl-424b-a47b",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)curl https://api.datallmlab.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"baidu/ernie-4.5-vl-424b-a47b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.datallmlab.com/v1", apiKey: process.env.DATALLM_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "baidu/ernie-4.5-vl-424b-a47b",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);The same key routes ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B and 300+ other models — switch models by changing one string. How OpenAI-compatible APIs work.
Prompting tips for ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B
- State the goal, not every step. ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B reasons internally — give it the objective, constraints and success criteria and let it plan the approach; over-scripting each step tends to lower quality. Turn effort up for hard problems.
- It reads images. Send image parts alongside your text and ask for specific outputs (named JSON fields, a table, "what changed") rather than "describe this".
Tips are derived from ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B 's actual capabilities — context window, tool & JSON support, modality and price tier — not generic advice.
Open-source tools for ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B
Popular open-source projects for running and building with ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B — star counts pulled from GitHub (July 2026).
Listed by GitHub stars; inclusion is by ecosystem relevance (inference engines, agent frameworks and SDKs), not affiliation. Stars change — see each repo for current numbers.
Migrating to ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B
Coming from OpenAI or another gateway? On an OpenAI-compatible setup the only changes are base_url → https://api.datallmlab.com/v1 and model → baidu/ernie-4.5-vl-424b-a47b. Messages, streaming and the rest of your code stay the same. Routing & failover guide.
Self-host or use the API?
ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B ships open weights (baidu/ERNIE-4.5-VL-424B-A47B-PT, ~126 downloads and 106 likes in the last 30 days), with community quantizations (fp16) for smaller GPUs, so you can run it yourself. Most teams still use the API: no GPU to provision or keep warm, no inference ops, and instant access across 1 providers with automatic failover. Self-host when data residency or fixed per-token economics matter most.
Rate limits & reliability
Rate limits here are the DataLLM Lab gateway's, not the upstream vendor's. On 429 (rate limited) or 503 (provider busy), retry with exponential backoff. See the error-code guide and failover setup.
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What is ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B ?
ERNIE-4.5-VL-424B-A47B is a multimodal Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Baidu’s ERNIE 4.5 series, featuring 424B total parameters with 47B active per token. It accepts image, text input with a 131K-token context window and was released on 2025-06-30. On DataLLM Lab it is callable through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
How much does ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B cost?
On DataLLM Lab it is $0.42 per 1M input tokens and $1.25 per 1M output tokens — cheaper than about 54% of the 309-model catalog on output price. Pay-as-you-go, no subscription.
What is the context window of ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B ?
131K tokens, with up to 16K max output tokens.
Is ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B open source?
Yes — open weights are published on Hugging Face (baidu/ERNIE-4.5-VL-424B-A47B-PT), with about 126 downloads and 106 likes in the last 30 days. You can self-host it or call it via DataLLM Lab.
How do I call the ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B API?
Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.datallmlab.com/v1 and set model to "baidu/ernie-4.5-vl-424b-a47b". One DataLLM Lab key routes this model and 300+ others; no code changes beyond the base URL and model string.
What are good alternatives to ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B ?
Close options by price and capability include Claude 3 Haiku, Cogito v2.1 671B, GPT-5.4 Nano — all callable with the same DataLLM Lab key.