LLM
GA
Open weights
ERNIE 4.5 21B-A3B
Chinese/English multimodal assistant on a single GPU
Release2025-06
Context131K
Max output—
Parameters21B
Local / VRAM16–24 GB
LicenseOpen weights
Overview
ERNIE 4.5 21B-A3B is a model in the LLM category from Baidu. It was released in 2025-06. The vendor is based in China. Best for: Chinese/English multimodal assistant on a single GPU.
Strengths
- Small MoE
- Visual input
- Fast
Limits
- Conditional license
- Limited reasoning
Specifications
| Vendor | Baidu |
|---|---|
| Category | LLM |
| Release | 2025-06 |
| Status | GA |
| License | Open weights |
| License name | ERNIE 4.5 License |
| Commercial use | Conditional |
| Parameters | 21B |
| Active parameters | 3B |
| Architecture | MoE transformer |
| Context window | 131K |
| Input modalities | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text |
| Prompt types | Text |
| Negative prompts | No |
| Max outputs | 1 |
| Local deployment | Yes |
| VRAM | 16–24 GB |
| System RAM | 32–64 GB |
| API access | Yes |
| Pricing | Free weights |
| Confidence | High |
| Vendor country | China |
| Vendor type | Cloud provider |
Pricing & hardware
Free weights
This model can be self-hosted or run locally. Approximate GPU memory: 16–24 GB. Approximate system RAM: 32–64 GB. API access is available.