ernie-4.5-300b-a47b vs granite-4.1-8b
Input price
$0.28
$0.05
Output price
$1.11
$0.10
Context window
131K
131K
Throughput
136 tok/s
157 tok/s
Availability
99.8%
100.0%
Cost / task
$0.001
$0.000
Efficiency score
89
89
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
ERNIE-4.5-300B
GRANITE-4.1-8B
Chat assistant
$217.20
$27.00
RAG / long context
$435.90
$69.00
Agent / tool use
$601.20
$72.00
Efficiency score: granite-4.1-8b
Across price, speed and reliability, granite-4.1-8b 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 ernie-4.5-300b-a47b or granite-4.1-8b cheaper?+
granite-4.1-8b has the lower input price — $0.05 vs $0.28 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, ernie-4.5-300b-a47b or granite-4.1-8b?+
Across price, speed and reliability, granite-4.1-8b offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.