ERNIE 5.1: API pricing, providers and specs
ERNIE 5.1 is a text model by Baidu. 2 providers serve it, from $2.54 to $2.65 /1M; the lowest price is at AIHubMix.
How ERNIE 5.1 compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Pricey for its class: at $2.54 /1M, its lowest price is above 68% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- Its 128K-token context window is larger than 12% of them (median 262K), about 190 pages of text.
- On LMArena's Text board it ranks #5 of the 120 comparable models scored there.
- 2 providers serve it; 36% of comparable models have fewer.
ERNIE 5.1 prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.563/1M | From$2.54/1M | $0.563/1M | 119K | |
| ZenMux | $0.588/1M | From$2.65/1M | — | 128K |
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Baidu
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 128K≈ 190 pages of text
- Max output
- 66K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, Reasoning
- Released
- May 9, 2026
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
- Arena score
- 1468Text
- Monthly searches
- 1K
Alternatives to ERNIE 5.1
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2.54/1M | 128K | 1468 | 2 | |
| $1.10/1M | 1.05M | 1623 | 49 | |
| $4.11/1M | 1M | — | 22 | |
| Grok 4.7 | $4.80/1M | 500K | 1637 | 28 |
| $2.40/1M | 1.05M | 1466 | 5 | |
| $2.09/1M | 1.05M | 1543 | 13 | |
| $4.25/1M | 1.05M | 1657 | 11 | |
| $1/1M | 127K | — | 9 | |
| $1.80/1M | 1M | 1604 | 44 |
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ERNIE 5.1 FAQ
The lowest price for ERNIE 5.1 is $2.54 /1M, at AIHubMix.
AIHubMix, at $2.54 /1M. 2 providers serve ERNIE 5.1; the table above lists every one with its price.
ERNIE 5.1 reads up to 128K tokens per request and writes up to 66K.
We have not found ERNIE 5.1's weights published by its maker.
2 API providers serve ERNIE 5.1. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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