ERNIE 4.5 vs Granite 3.3 8B Instruct Comparison
Comparing ERNIE 4.5 and Granite 3.3 8B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
ERNIE 4.5 outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is better at 4 benchmarks (DROP, GSM8k, HumanEval+, MMLU).
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, ERNIE 4.5 ($0.40/1M tokens) is 1.3x cheaper than Granite 3.3 8B Instruct ($0.50/1M tokens).
For output processing, ERNIE 4.5 ($4.00/1M tokens) is 8.0x more expensive than Granite 3.3 8B Instruct ($0.50/1M tokens).
In conclusion, ERNIE 4.5 is more expensive than Granite 3.3 8B Instruct.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
ERNIE 4.5 has 13.0B more parameters than Granite 3.3 8B Instruct, making it 162.5% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Both models have the same input context window of 128,000 tokens. ERNIE 4.5 can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is limited to 8,192 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas ERNIE 4.5 does not.
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
ERNIE 4.5
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
ERNIE 4.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Granite 3.3 8B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
ERNIE 4.5 was released on 2025-06-25, while Granite 3.3 8B Instruct was released on 2025-04-16.
ERNIE 4.5 is 2 months newer than Granite 3.3 8B Instruct.
Jun 25, 2025
8 months ago
2mo newerApr 16, 2025
11 months ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-04-01, while ERNIE 4.5's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Granite 3.3 8B Instruct's training data extends to 2024-04-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without ERNIE 4.5's cutoff date.
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Apr 2024
Provider Availability
ERNIE 4.5 is available from Novita. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is available from Replicate. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
ERNIE 4.5
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Detailed Comparison
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