Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs Qwen3-4B

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.9

Rank #264 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 40.3 to 29.7.
  • Qwen3-4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and Qwen3-4B specifications
ERNIE 5.1Qwen3-4B
ProviderBaiduAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.831.9
Released—2025-04-29
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked196

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen3-4B
LMArena Coding1488—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen3-4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen3-4B
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
Chess Puzzles—4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1481—

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen3-4B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—38.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—52.2%
LMArena Math1481—

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond—52.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.7%
LMArena Expert1492—

Multilingual Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), Qwen3-4B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen3-4B
LMArena Non-English1454—
LMArena Chinese1508—
LMArena French1488—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1422—
LMArena Korean1427—
LMArena Russian1459—
LMArena Spanish1473—

Instruction Following Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), Qwen3-4B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen3-4B
LMArena Instruction Following1460—

Long Context Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), Qwen3-4B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen3-4B
LMArena Longer Query1462—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), Qwen3-4B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen3-4B
LMArena Text1468—
LMArena Creative Writing1441—
LMArena Multi-Turn1471—

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Qwen3-4B?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Qwen3-4B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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