Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs ERNIE 4.5 Comparison

Comparing Claude 3.5 Sonnet and ERNIE 4.5 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 5 benchmarks (DROP, GSM8k, MATH, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while ERNIE 4.5 is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Claude 3.5 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

ERNIE 4.5 costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 7.5x more expensive than ERNIE 4.5 ($0.40/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 3.8x more expensive than ERNIE 4.5 ($4.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is more expensive than ERNIE 4.5.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

ERNIE 4.5

Input tokens$0.40

Output tokens$4.00

Best providerNovita

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3.5 Sonnet accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to ERNIE 4.5's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while ERNIE 4.5 is limited to 65,536 tokens.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

ERNIE 4.5

Input128,000 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs, whereas ERNIE 4.5 does not.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Text

Images

Audio

Video

ERNIE 4.5

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

ERNIE 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while ERNIE 4.5 was released on 2025-06-25.

ERNIE 4.5 is 8 months newer than Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.4 years ago

ERNIE 4.5

Jun 25, 2025

8 months ago

8mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. ERNIE 4.5 is available from Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.