trinity-large-thinking vs ernie-4.5-21b-a3b-thinking
Lower price
ernie-4.5-21b-a3b-thinking
Faster
ernie-4.5-21b-a3b-thinking
Higher efficiency
trinity-large-thinking
Input price
$0.22
$0.07
Output price
$0.85
$0.28
Context window
262K
131K
Throughput
147 tok/s
149 tok/s
Availability
99.1%
96.3%
Cost / task
$0.001
$0.000
Efficiency score
90
89
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
TRINITY-LARGE-
ERNIE-4.5-21B-
Chat assistant
$168.00
$54.60
RAG / long context
$340.50
$109.20
Agent / tool use
$464.40
$151.20
Efficiency score: trinity-large-thinking
Across price, speed and reliability, trinity-large-thinking offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is trinity-large-thinking or ernie-4.5-21b-a3b-thinking cheaper?+
ernie-4.5-21b-a3b-thinking has the lower input price — $0.07 vs $0.22 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, trinity-large-thinking or ernie-4.5-21b-a3b-thinking?+
Across price, speed and reliability, trinity-large-thinking offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.