Compare/ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview vs gpt-oss-120B (low)

ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Previewvsgpt-oss-120B (low)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Baidu

ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

gpt-oss-120B (low)

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
255 tok/s
TTFT
0.51s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (low)
Lower Latency
ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview
Benchmarks (10-1)
ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview

Pricing Comparison

MetricERNIE 5.0 Thinking Previewgpt-oss-120B (low)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.15
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview$0.00
gpt-oss-120B (low)$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview
gpt-oss-120B (low)
255 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview
gpt-oss-120B (low)
0.51s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
29.124.5
Coding Index
29.215.5
Math Index
85.066.7
GPQA Diamond
77.7%67.2%
MMLU-Pro
83.0%77.5%
LiveCodeBench
81.2%70.7%
AIME 2025
85.0%66.7%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
12.7%5.2%
SciCode
37.5%36.0%
IFBench
41.4%58.3%
TerminalBench
25.0%5.3%
ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview10 wins
1 winsgpt-oss-120B (low)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview or gpt-oss-120B (low)?

ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.26/M for gpt-oss-120B (low).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for gpt-oss-120B (low). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-120B (low) generates tokens faster at 255 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.51s).

When should I use ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview vs gpt-oss-120B (low)?

Choose based on your priorities: ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview for lower cost, ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-120B (low) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.