Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Ernie 4.5 Turbo vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus benchmark

Name: Ernie 4.5 Turbo vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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In this head-to-head showdown, Ernie 4.5 Turbo is more budget-friendly at $1.2/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Executive Verdict Summary

Ernie 4.5 Turbo holds empirical advantage (2 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench

Ernie 4.5 TurboTop code solve rate

ReasoningGPQA / Live

Ernie 4.5 TurboTop logical accuracy

Best Value$/1M Tok

Ernie 4.5 TurboLowest API billing cost

Speed / TokTok/Sec

Ernie 4.5 TurboFastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Ernie 4.5 Turbo (2)Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus (1)

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

2 of 3 Wins

✓Input price✓Output price

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

1 of 3 Wins

✓Context window

Baidu

Leads 2 of 3

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

Baidu current multimodal enterprise foundation model with broad Chinese knowledge.

Elo 1,450In: $0.3 · Out: $1.2/1M

Alibaba

Leads 1 of 3

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen3.6-plus). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.325 · Out: $1.95/1M

Top Rival Showdowns for Ernie 4.5 Turbo

All Matchups

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Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderErnie 4.5 Turbo Wins

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

$1.2 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Ernie 4.5 Turbo (9)vsQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus (1)

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 9W (90%)Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus: 1W (10%)

← Ernie 4.5 TurboQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus →

🏆Ernie 4.5 Turbo Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark

Ernie 4.5 TurbovsQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

Preference Elo

1,450vs—

Coding Elo

1,435vs—

SWE-bench

57%vs—

LiveBench

61%vs—

GPQA Diamond

74.5%vs—

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 5WQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus: 0W

🏆Ernie 4.5 Turbo Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

Ernie 4.5 TurbovsQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

Output speed

95 tok/svs—

Time to first token

200 msvs—

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 2WQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus: 0W

🏆Ernie 4.5 Turbo Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

Ernie 4.5 TurbovsQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

Output price

$1.2/1Mvs$1.95/1M+$0.75/1M

Input price

$0.3/1Mvs$0.325/1M+$0.025/1M

Context window

128kvs1M+872k

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 2WQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Ernie 4.5 TurboQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

Preference Elo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo1,450

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

Coding Elo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo1,435

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

LiveBench

Ernie 4.5 Turbo61%

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

SWE-bench

Ernie 4.5 Turbo57%

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

GPQA Diamond

Ernie 4.5 Turbo74.5%

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

Time to first token

Ernie 4.5 Turbo200 ms

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

Output speed

Ernie 4.5 Turbo95 tok/s

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

Input priceErnie 4.5 Turbo +$0.025/1M

Ernie 4.5 Turbo$0.3/1M

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus$0.325/1M

Output priceErnie 4.5 Turbo +$0.75/1M

Ernie 4.5 Turbo$1.2/1M

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus$1.95/1M

Context windowQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus +872k

Ernie 4.5 Turbo128k

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus1M

Benchmark	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	1,450 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
Coding Elo	1,435 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
LiveBench	61% livebench · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
SWE-bench	57% swebench · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
GPQA Diamond	74.5% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Time to first token	200 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Output speed	95 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Input price	$0.3/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$0.325/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0.025/1M
Output price	$1.2/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$1.95/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0.75/1M
Context window	128k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+872k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 30% with Ernie 4.5 Turbo

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Ernie 4.5 Turbo$28.50 / mo

In: $10.5Out: $18

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus$40.63 / mo

In: $11.38Out: $29.25

Estimated Cost Delta

Ernie 4.5 Turbo is estimated to save $12.13/month ($146/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Ernie 4.5 Turbo:Pick Ernie 4.5 Turbo when you are optimizing output cost.
2
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus:Pick Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatErnie 4.5 Turbo

Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionErnie 4.5 Turbo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Ernie 4.5 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE BENCHMARK

Baidu

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

Elo 1,450

SWE-bench57%

Speed (tok/s)95 tok/s

Input / 1M Tokens$0.3/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$1.2/1M

Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)1M

Input / 1M Tokens$0.325/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$1.95/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Ernie 4.5 Turbo output tokens are $1.2/1M versus $1.95/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus accepts 1M tokens versus 128k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Ernie 4.5 Turbo and Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Ernie 4.5 TurboQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

Preference Elo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo1,450

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

Coding Elo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo1,435

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

LiveBench

Ernie 4.5 Turbo61%

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

SWE-bench

Ernie 4.5 Turbo57%

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

GPQA Diamond

Ernie 4.5 Turbo74.5%

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

Time to first token

Ernie 4.5 Turbo200 ms

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

Output speed

Ernie 4.5 Turbo95 tok/s

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus—

Input priceErnie 4.5 Turbo +$0.025/1M

Ernie 4.5 Turbo$0.3/1M

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus$0.325/1M

Output priceErnie 4.5 Turbo +$0.75/1M

Ernie 4.5 Turbo$1.2/1M

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus$1.95/1M

Context windowQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus +872k

Ernie 4.5 Turbo128k

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus1M

Benchmark

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,450

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

Coding Elo

1,435

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

LiveBench

61%

livebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

SWE-bench

57%

swebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

GPQA Diamond

74.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Time to first token

200 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Output speed

95 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Input price

$0.3/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$0.325/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0.025/1M

Output price

$1.2/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$1.95/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0.75/1M

Context window

128k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+872k

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatErnie 4.5 Turbo

Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionErnie 4.5 Turbo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Ernie 4.5 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Ernie 4.5 Turbo output tokens are $1.2/1M versus $1.95/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus accepts 1M tokens versus 128k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Ernie 4.5 Turbo and Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.