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

Ernie 4.5 Turbo vs Cohere: North Mini Code (free) benchmark

Name: Ernie 4.5 Turbo vs Cohere: North Mini Code (free) AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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This page compares Ernie 4.5 Turbo (Baidu) and Cohere: North Mini Code (free) (Cohere) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Cohere: North Mini Code (free) wins on output price at $0/1M. Cohere: North Mini Code (free) has the larger context window (256k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Baidu

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

Baidu current multimodal enterprise foundation model with broad Chinese knowledge.

Elo 1,450$1.2/1M out

Cohere

Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (cohere/north-mini-code:free). Preview until a second source matches.

$0/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Ernie 4.5 Turbo (7)vsCohere: North Mini Code (free) (3)

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 7W (70%)Overall: Ernie 4.5 TurboCohere: North Mini Code (free): 3W (30%)

← Ernie 4.5 TurboCohere: North Mini Code (free) →

Ernie 4.5 Turbo (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,450vs—

Coding Elo

1,435vs—

SWE-bench

57%vs—

LiveBench

61%vs—

GPQA Diamond

74.5%vs—

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 5WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 0W

Ernie 4.5 Turbo (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

95 tok/svs—

Time to first token

200 msvs—

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 2WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 0W

Cohere: North Mini Code (free) (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$1.2/1Mvs$0/1M

Input price

$0.3/1Mvs$0/1M

Context window

128kvs256k

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 0WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 3W

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Dimensional AdvantageErnie 4.5 Turbo 4/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Price Efficiency

Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

$1.20/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,450

EloHigh is better

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Code Elo

High is better

1,435

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

61%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

57%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

74.5%

GPQAHigh is better

—

TTFT

Low is better

200 ms

TTFTLow is better

—

Speed

High is better

95 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

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In $

Low is better

$0.3/1M

In $Low is better

$0/1M

Out $

Low is better

$1.2/1M

Out $Low is better

$0/1M

Context

High is better

128k

ContextHigh is better

256k+100%

Key Selection Recommendations

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Cohere: North Mini Code (free):Pick Cohere: North Mini Code (free) when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatCohere: North Mini Code (free)

Lower output list price ($0/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGCohere: North Mini Code (free)

Larger window (256k).

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	Cohere: North Mini Code (free)	Lower output list price ($0/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Cohere: North Mini Code (free)	Larger window (256k).
Screenshots / vision	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Ernie 4.5 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Baidu

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

Elo 1,450

LiveBench61%

SWE-bench57%

Speed95 tok/s

Output cost$1.2/1M

Cohere

Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$0/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?: 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 Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?: 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?: Cohere: North Mini Code (free) output tokens are $0/1M versus $1.2/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Cohere: North Mini Code (free) accepts 256k 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 Cohere: North Mini Code (free) Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Ernie 4.5 Turbo vs Cohere: North Mini Code (free) benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Ernie 4.5 Turbo (7)vsCohere: North Mini Code (free) (3)

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 7W (70%)Overall: Ernie 4.5 TurboCohere: North Mini Code (free): 3W (30%)

← Ernie 4.5 TurboCohere: North Mini Code (free) →

Ernie 4.5 Turbo (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,450vs—

Coding Elo

1,435vs—

SWE-bench

57%vs—

LiveBench

61%vs—

GPQA Diamond

74.5%vs—

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 5WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 0W

Ernie 4.5 Turbo (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

95 tok/svs—

Time to first token

200 msvs—

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 2WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 0W

Cohere: North Mini Code (free) (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$1.2/1Mvs$0/1M

Input price

$0.3/1Mvs$0/1M

Context window

128kvs256k

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 0WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 3W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatCohere: North Mini Code (free)

Lower output list price ($0/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGCohere: North Mini Code (free)

Larger window (256k).

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	Cohere: North Mini Code (free)	Lower output list price ($0/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Cohere: North Mini Code (free)	Larger window (256k).
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 Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?

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 Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?

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?

Cohere: North Mini Code (free) output tokens are $0/1M versus $1.2/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Cohere: North Mini Code (free) accepts 256k 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 Cohere: North Mini Code (free) Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.