ERNIE 4.5 Turbo vs Mistral Large 3 Chat: which model should you choose?
We compared ERNIE 4.5 Turbo and Mistral Large 3 Chat on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. ERNIE 4.5 Turbo has the stronger average benchmark score; Mistral Large 3 Chat is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo is a multimodal model from Baidu. It offers a 128,000-token context window, costs $13.75 per million input tokens and $54.36 per million output tokens, and averages 79.7 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $13.75 / 1M
- Output
- $54.36 / 1M
- Context
- 128,000
- Avg score
- 79.7
- Open weights
- No
Mistral Large 3 Chat
Mistral Large 3 Chat is a multimodal model from Mistral AI. It offers a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $4.90 per million input tokens and $20.04 per million output tokens, and averages 79.1 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $4.90 / 1M
- Output
- $20.04 / 1M
- Context
- 1,000,000
- Avg score
- 79.1
- Open weights
- Yes
Specification comparison
| Spec | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo | Mistral Large 3 Chat | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $13.75 | $4.90 | B |
| Output price / 1M | $54.36 | $20.04 | B |
| Context window | 128,000 | 1,000,000 | B |
| Max output | 32,768 | 32,768 | Tie |
| Average score | 79.7 | 79.1 | A |
| Arena Elo | 1419.8 | 1414.2 | A |
| Open weights | No | Yes | B |
Benchmark comparison
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo wins 7, Mistral Large 3 Chat wins 5, and 0 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo | Mistral Large 3 Chat | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 84.0 | 83.3 | 0.7 | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo |
| GPQA Diamond | 73.0 | 75.9 | 2.9 | Mistral Large 3 Chat |
| SWE-bench Verified | 67.5 | 67.1 | 0.4 | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo |
| HumanEval | 86.4 | 85.0 | 1.4 | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo |
| MATH-500 | 86.4 | 81.6 | 4.8 | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo |
| AIME 2025 | 80.7 | 74.1 | 6.6 | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo |
| LiveCodeBench | 70.5 | 73.0 | 2.5 | Mistral Large 3 Chat |
| IFEval | 85.2 | 86.6 | 1.4 | Mistral Large 3 Chat |
| TruthfulQA | 82.5 | 80.2 | 2.3 | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo |
| HellaSwag | 87.0 | 87.1 | 0.1 | Mistral Large 3 Chat |
| MMMU | 73.7 | 76.6 | 2.9 | Mistral Large 3 Chat |
| Arena Elo | 1419.8 | 1414.2 | 5.6 | ERNIE 4.5 Turbo |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, ERNIE 4.5 Turbo costs about $23.90 per million tokens and Mistral Large 3 Chat costs about $8.69. Mistral Large 3 Chat is roughly 64% cheaper than ERNIE 4.5 Turbo. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Mistral Large 3 Chat has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 128,000 for ERNIE 4.5 Turbo. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, ERNIE 4.5 Turbo wins 7, Mistral Large 3 Chat wins 5, and 0 are tied. On the index average, ERNIE 4.5 Turbo leads Mistral Large 3 Chat by 0.6 points (79.7 versus 79.1).
The price picture favours Mistral Large 3 Chat. The context picture favours Mistral Large 3 Chat. 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 Turbo for quality-sensitive work and Mistral Large 3 Chat for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.
Choose ERNIE 4.5 Turbo if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
Choose Mistral Large 3 Chat if
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
- You need the larger 1,000,000-token context window.
- You need open weights for self-hosting or fine-tuning.
FAQ
Is ERNIE 4.5 Turbo better than Mistral Large 3 Chat?
On the index average, ERNIE 4.5 Turbo leads Mistral Large 3 Chat by 0.6 points (79.7 versus 79.1). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. ERNIE 4.5 Turbo wins 7 benchmarks, Mistral Large 3 Chat wins 5.
Which is cheaper, ERNIE 4.5 Turbo or Mistral Large 3 Chat?
Mistral Large 3 Chat is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $8.69 per million tokens, versus $23.90 for ERNIE 4.5 Turbo.
Which has the larger context window?
Mistral Large 3 Chat has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens. ERNIE 4.5 Turbo has 128,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo is proprietary; Mistral Large 3 Chat is open weights.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with ERNIE 4.5 Turbo for quality-sensitive work and Mistral Large 3 Chat for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.