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ERNIE 4.0 vs MiniMax M3

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 MiniMax M3.

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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MiniMax

MiniMax M3

MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax. It supports text, image, and video inputs with text output, a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agentic work, coding,...

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Technical Specifications

SpecificationERNIE 4.0MiniMax M3
ProviderBaiduMiniMax
Context Window128,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Agent Suitability87/100N/A
Time to First Token (TTFT)380 msN/A
Deployment Modelmanaged apimanaged api
Production Stabilitystablebeta
API AvailableYesYes
Released Date2025-08-302026-05-31

API Pricing Comparison

Input Price per Million Tokens

ERNIE 4.0

$1.20

MiniMax M3

$0.30

Output Price per Million Tokens

ERNIE 4.0

$2.40

MiniMax M3

$1.20

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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/Avs8400.0%
ERNIE 4.0
MiniMax M3
HumanEvalPython coding & logic synthesis
N/Avs8350.0%
ERNIE 4.0
MiniMax M3
MATHComplex mathematical problem solving
N/Avs6200.0%
ERNIE 4.0
MiniMax M3
GPQAGraduate-level expert reasoning
N/Avs4250.0%
ERNIE 4.0
MiniMax M3
HellaSwagCommonsense reasoning and inference
N/Avs8520.0%
ERNIE 4.0
MiniMax M3
MT-BenchMulti-turn conversation flow quality
N/Avs888.0%
ERNIE 4.0
MiniMax M3

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

MiniMax M3 Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.