Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo vs ERNIE 4.5 Pro: which model should you choose?
We compared Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo and ERNIE 4.5 Pro on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. ERNIE 4.5 Pro has the stronger average benchmark score; ERNIE 4.5 Pro is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo
Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo is a multimodal model from ByteDance. It offers a 128,000-token context window, costs $13.81 per million input tokens and $71.10 per million output tokens, and averages 79.4 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $13.81 / 1M
- Output
- $71.10 / 1M
- Context
- 128,000
- Avg score
- 79.4
- Open weights
- No
ERNIE 4.5 Pro
ERNIE 4.5 Pro is a multimodal model from Baidu. It offers a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $13.89 per million input tokens and $65.19 per million output tokens, and averages 80.5 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $13.89 / 1M
- Output
- $65.19 / 1M
- Context
- 1,000,000
- Avg score
- 80.5
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo | ERNIE 4.5 Pro | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $13.81 | $13.89 | A |
| Output price / 1M | $71.10 | $65.19 | B |
| Context window | 128,000 | 1,000,000 | B |
| Max output | 65,536 | 32,768 | A |
| Average score | 79.4 | 80.5 | B |
| Arena Elo | 1433.0 | 1414.3 | A |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo wins 4, ERNIE 4.5 Pro wins 7, and 1 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo | ERNIE 4.5 Pro | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 80.3 | 80.3 | 0.0 | Tie |
| GPQA Diamond | 75.4 | 74.7 | 0.7 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo |
| SWE-bench Verified | 67.7 | 66.5 | 1.2 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo |
| HumanEval | 85.0 | 86.9 | 1.9 | ERNIE 4.5 Pro |
| MATH-500 | 81.4 | 87.2 | 5.8 | ERNIE 4.5 Pro |
| AIME 2025 | 75.6 | 76.3 | 0.7 | ERNIE 4.5 Pro |
| LiveCodeBench | 72.3 | 76.4 | 4.1 | ERNIE 4.5 Pro |
| IFEval | 88.9 | 86.0 | 2.9 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo |
| TruthfulQA | 80.9 | 83.1 | 2.2 | ERNIE 4.5 Pro |
| HellaSwag | 88.2 | 90.2 | 2.0 | ERNIE 4.5 Pro |
| MMMU | 77.6 | 78.4 | 0.8 | ERNIE 4.5 Pro |
| Arena Elo | 1433.0 | 1414.3 | 18.7 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo costs about $28.13 per million tokens and ERNIE 4.5 Pro costs about $26.71. ERNIE 4.5 Pro is roughly 5% cheaper than Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
ERNIE 4.5 Pro has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 128,000 for Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo wins 4, ERNIE 4.5 Pro wins 7, and 1 are tied. On the index average, ERNIE 4.5 Pro leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo by 1.1 points (80.5 versus 79.4).
The price picture favours ERNIE 4.5 Pro. The context picture favours ERNIE 4.5 Pro. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with ERNIE 4.5 Pro for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.
Choose Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo if
- You need the larger 65,536-token output limit.
Choose ERNIE 4.5 Pro if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
- You need the larger 1,000,000-token context window.
FAQ
Is Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo better than ERNIE 4.5 Pro?
On the index average, ERNIE 4.5 Pro leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo by 1.1 points (80.5 versus 79.4). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo wins 4 benchmarks, ERNIE 4.5 Pro wins 7.
Which is cheaper, Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo or ERNIE 4.5 Pro?
ERNIE 4.5 Pro is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $26.71 per million tokens, versus $28.13 for Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo.
Which has the larger context window?
ERNIE 4.5 Pro has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens. Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo has 128,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo is proprietary; ERNIE 4.5 Pro is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with ERNIE 4.5 Pro for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.