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Using ERNIE X1 Turbo on Baidu Qianfan

Implementation guide · ERNIE · Baidu AI

Serverless

Baidu Qianfan exposes ERNIE X1 Turbo through model ID ernie-x1-turbo-32k. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Baidu Qianfan and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Baidu Qianfan SDK or REST API to call ernie-x1-turbo-32k — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.15/1M input, $0.59/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

See Baidu Qianfan documentation for integration details.

Pricing on Baidu Qianfan

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$0.59

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool use

About ERNIE X1 Turbo

ERNIE X1 Turbo is Baidu's faster, more affordable deep-thinking reasoning model, launched April 24, 2025. It builds on ERNIE X1's chain-of-thought capabilities with enhanced multimodal understanding and tool use. Priced at ~25% of DeepSeek R1 ($0.15/1M input tokens). Claims to outperform DeepSeek R1 and DeepSeek V3 on key benchmarks. API model ID: ernie-x1-turbo-32k.

Model Specs

Released2025-04-24
Context32k

Provider

Baidu Qianfan
Baidu Qianfan

Baidu

Beijing, China