Model comparison
ERNIE 5.1 vs Qwen3-30B-A3B
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Baidu
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3-30B-A3B in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 44.7 to 31.0.
- Qwen3-30B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3-30B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 38.9 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-28 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 41K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 37.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1416 |
| SciCode | — | 33.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 29.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 29.8 (#82)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41.4% |
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 22.2 (#204)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1398 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 8% |
| DTBench | — | 69.3% |
| LMCA | — | 22.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.63 |
Math ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 37.4 (#157)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 1394 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 47.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70.3% |
Knowledge Too close to call
ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 41.8 (#105)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1492 | 1396 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 70.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 12.3% |
Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 49.5 (#132)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1454 | 1372 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1508 | 1433 |
| LMArena French | 1488 | 1418 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | 1380 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | 1337 |
| LMArena Korean | 1427 | 1331 |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | 1370 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1473 | 1404 |
Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 72.0 (#142)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 1363 |
Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 31.0 (#283)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | 1379 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 40.6% |
Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 55.6 (#143)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | 1384 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1441 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 1378 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 75.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Qwen3-30B-A3B?
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is ERNIE 5.1 or Qwen3-30B-A3B better for coding?
ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 37.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Qwen3-30B-A3B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-30B-A3B has 32.