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ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B vs Seed 1.6 Flash

ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B (Baidu) and Seed 1.6 Flash (ByteDance Seed) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#120 vs #121); Seed 1.6 Flash is 4.2× cheaper per output token ($0.30/1M vs $1.25/1M); Seed 1.6 Flash offers the longer context window (262K vs 123K tokens); and ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #120 against #121 (22.5 vs 22.5 points).
  • you want to self-host: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B ships open weights while Seed 1.6 Flash is api only.

Choose Seed 1.6 Flash if…

  • API cost matters — $0.30/1M output tokens against $1.25/1M, about 4.2× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.075/1M against $0.42/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 262K tokens against 123K.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Seed 1.6 Flash was listed 23 December 2025, ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B 30 June 2025.

ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B vs Seed 1.6 Flash: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B and Seed 1.6 Flash
FieldERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47BBaiduSeed 1.6 FlashByteDance Seed
ModelCap Index position#120#121
Index score22.522.5
EvidenceEstimatedEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.42$0.075
Output price / 1M tokens$1.25$0.30
Context window123K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens16K33K
API providers listed11
Weight accessOpen weightsAPI only
Input modalitiesImage, TextImage, Text, Video
First listed30 June 202523 December 2025
PublisherBaiduByteDance Seed

Evidence: global corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated · global corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B vs Seed 1.6 Flash

Neither model has a published result on a public benchmark board ModelCap tracks yet.

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B vs Seed 1.6 Flash: common questions

Is ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B better than Seed 1.6 Flash?

ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #120 against #121. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B cheaper than Seed 1.6 Flash?

Seed 1.6 Flash is cheaper on output tokens: $0.30/1M against $1.25/1M. Input tokens are $0.42/1M for ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B and $0.075/1M for Seed 1.6 Flash. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B or Seed 1.6 Flash?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the larger context window: 262K tokens against 123K.

Which is better for coding, ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B or Seed 1.6 Flash?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B and Seed 1.6 Flash open-weight models?

ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B: Open weights. Seed 1.6 Flash: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B and Seed 1.6 Flash?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B and 1 for Seed 1.6 Flash, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B vs Seed 1.6 Flash comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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