Model Comparison

ERNIE 4.5 vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

ERNIE 4.5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (MATH, MMLU, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Baidu
ERNIE 4.5
Input tokens$0.40
Output tokens$4.00
Best providerNovita
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

12.5B diff

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct has 12.5B more parameters than ERNIE 4.5, making it 59.5% larger.

Baidu
ERNIE 4.5
21.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
33.5Bparameters
21.0B
ERNIE 4.5
33.5B
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only ERNIE 4.5 specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only ERNIE 4.5 specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Baidu
ERNIE 4.5
Input128,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas ERNIE 4.5 does not.

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

ERNIE 4.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

ERNIE 4.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

ERNIE 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

ERNIE 4.5 was released on 2025-06-25, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct was released on 2025-02-28.

ERNIE 4.5 is 4 months newer than Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct.

ERNIE 4.5

Jun 25, 2025

10 months ago

3mo newer
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Feb 28, 2025

1.1 years ago

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

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (74.0% vs 46.0%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs
Has open weights
Higher MATH score (82.2% vs 12.4%)
Higher MMLU score (78.4% vs 41.9%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (68.8% vs 16.0%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Baidu
ERNIE 4.5
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about ERNIE 4.5 vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. ERNIE 4.5 is made by Baidu and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
ERNIE 4.5 scores GPQA: 74.0%, ARC-E: 60.7%, PIQA: 55.2%, Winogrande: 51.3%, CLUEWSC: 48.6%. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct scores DocVQA: 94.8%, Android Control Low_EM: 93.3%, HumanEval: 91.5%, ScreenSpot: 88.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.
ERNIE 4.5 supports 128K tokens and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
ERNIE 4.5 is developed by Baidu and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.