Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs GPT-6.1 Sol

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI

65.6

Rank #6 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 2 categories and GPT-6.1 Sol in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 81.9 to 21.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 23.4% for ERNIE 5.1 and 95.5% for GPT-6.1 Sol.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and GPT-6.1 Sol specifications
ERNIE 5.1GPT-6.1 Sol
ProviderBaiduOpenAI
Noometry Index43.865.6
Released—2026-09-29
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$10
Results tracked1934

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Coding14881487
DeepSWE—75.2%
FrontierCode—50.2%
LMArena WebDev—1755
SciCode—55.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-6.1 Sol
APEX-Agents—60%
GDP.pdf—32%
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads

ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-6.1 Sol
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%95.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14811466
ARC-AGI-2—94.2%
ARC-AGI-1—98.5%
CritPt—31.7%
Chess Puzzles—61%
EBR-Bench—54.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles—80%
Epoch Capabilities Index—166.09

Math GPT-6.1 Sol leads

ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Math14811464
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—93.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—100%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—100%
ProofBench—99%

Knowledge GPT-6.1 Sol leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Expert14921502
GPQA Diamond—95.4%
SimpleQA Verified—73.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Vision—1288
Furniture Assembly—80%

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Non-English14541438
LMArena Chinese15081477
LMArena Russian14591455
LMArena French1488—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1422—
LMArena Korean1427—
LMArena Spanish1473—

Instruction Following Too close to call

ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Instruction Following14601468

Long Context Too close to call

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Longer Query14621465

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Text14681447
LMArena Creative Writing14411432
LMArena Multi-Turn14711449

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than GPT-6.1 Sol?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.1 or GPT-6.1 Sol better for coding?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and GPT-6.1 Sol share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6.1 Sol has 34.

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