Compact ERNIE 4.5 model with always-on thinking mode.
Anthropic's fifth-generation Sonnet — near-Opus intelligence at Sonnet speed and price.
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Both ERNIE 4.5 21B Thinking and Claude Sonnet 5 are capable AI models. The best choice depends on your specific use case: consider pricing, context window, speed, and which capabilities (vision, reasoning, audio) you need.
Claude Sonnet 5 supports vision/image input, but ERNIE 4.5 21B Thinking does not.
Key differences: only Claude Sonnet 5 supports vision input. Compare full specs on this page.
If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both ERNIE 4.5 21B Thinking and Claude Sonnet 5 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.