ERNIE 4.5 vs Gemini 1.5 Flash Comparison

Comparing ERNIE 4.5 and Gemini 1.5 Flash across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

ERNIE 4.5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Gemini 1.5 Flash is better at 5 benchmarks (GSM8k, HellaSwag, MATH, MMLU, MMLU-Pro).

Gemini 1.5 Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Gemini 1.5 Flash costs less

For input processing, ERNIE 4.5 ($0.40/1M tokens) is 2.7x more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, ERNIE 4.5 ($4.00/1M tokens) is 6.7x more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash ($0.60/1M tokens).

In conclusion, ERNIE 4.5 is more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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ERNIE 4.5

Input tokens$0.40

Output tokens$4.00

Best providerNovita

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Input tokens$0.15

Output tokens$0.60

Best providerGoogle

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 1.5 Flash accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to ERNIE 4.5's 128,000 tokens. ERNIE 4.5 can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while Gemini 1.5 Flash is limited to 8,192 tokens.

ERNIE 4.5

Input128,000 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Input1,048,576 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 1.5 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas ERNIE 4.5 does not.

Gemini 1.5 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

ERNIE 4.5

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Gemini 1.5 Flash

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.

ERNIE 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

ERNIE 4.5 was released on 2025-06-25, while Gemini 1.5 Flash was released on 2024-05-01.

ERNIE 4.5 is 14 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash.

ERNIE 4.5

Jun 25, 2025

8 months ago

1.2yr newer

Gemini 1.5 Flash

May 1, 2024

1.9 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-11-01, while ERNIE 4.5's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash's training data extends to 2023-11-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without ERNIE 4.5's cutoff date.

ERNIE 4.5

—

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Nov 2023

Provider Availability

ERNIE 4.5 is available from Novita. Gemini 1.5 Flash is available from Google. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.