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ERNIE 4.0 vs Llama 4 Scout

How do these models stack up? Below is an expert side-by-side comparison of specifications, context window capacity, live pricing per million tokens, and standardized benchmark scores for ERNIE 4.0 and Llama 4 Scout.

Baidu

ERNIE 4.0

ERNIE 4.0 (文心一言 4.0) is Baidu's most advanced large language model, representing the culmination of Baidu's decades of search and NLP expertise. Built on Baidu's proprietary knowledge-enhanced pre-training architecture, ERNIE 4.0 integrates deep understanding of Chinese language, culture, and domain-specific knowledge. It achieves GPT-4-class performance on comprehensive Chinese-language benchmarks spanning language understanding, reasoning, mathematics, and code generation. ERNIE 4.0 powers Baidu's Wenxin Yiyan consumer chatbot and is available via Baidu AI Cloud API for enterprise integrations.

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Meta

Llama 4 Scout

Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct (16E) is a mixture-of-experts (MoE) language model developed by Meta, activating 17 billion parameters out of a total of 109B. It supports native multimodal input...

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Technical Specifications

SpecificationERNIE 4.0Llama 4 Scout
ProviderBaiduMeta
Context Window128,000 tokens10,000,000 tokens
Agent Suitability87/10082/100
Time to First Token (TTFT)380 ms350 ms
Deployment Modelmanaged apiself hostable
Production Stabilitystablebeta
API AvailableYesYes
Released Date2025-08-302025-04-05

API Pricing Comparison

Input Price per Million Tokens

ERNIE 4.0

$1.20

Llama 4 Scout

$0.10

Output Price per Million Tokens

ERNIE 4.0

$2.40

Llama 4 Scout

$0.30

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Benchmark Performance Metrics

Scores show the raw performance percentages verified across key evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior accuracy and capability in that domain.

MMLUGeneral knowledge & multi-task understanding
N/Avs8720.0%
ERNIE 4.0
Llama 4 Scout
HumanEvalPython coding & logic synthesis
N/Avs8950.0%
ERNIE 4.0
Llama 4 Scout
MATHComplex mathematical problem solving
N/Avs8100.0%
ERNIE 4.0
Llama 4 Scout
GPQAGraduate-level expert reasoning
N/Avs6680.0%
ERNIE 4.0
Llama 4 Scout
HellaSwagCommonsense reasoning and inference
N/Avs9450.0%
ERNIE 4.0
Llama 4 Scout
MT-BenchMulti-turn conversation flow quality
N/Avs910.0%
ERNIE 4.0
Llama 4 Scout

ERNIE 4.0 Quirks & Gotchas

  • β–ΈSuperior Chinese-language understanding β€” best-in-class for China-market applications
  • β–ΈAPI requires Baidu Cloud account with Chinese phone verification

Llama 4 Scout Quirks & Gotchas

  • β–Έ10M context causes significant VRAM pressure β€” recommend 4-bit quantization
  • β–ΈPrimarily designed for RAG, not agentic tool calling