Family ERNIE · 300B parameters

ERNIE 4.5 300B-A47B

Baidu's first open release at this scale. MoE 300B/47B active, Apache 2.0.

🇨🇳 Baidu·License Apache 2.0·Context 128k tokens·Output April 2025← Catalog

01What it can do

Strengths
  • Very strong in Chinese
  • Efficient MoE inference
  • 300B total parameters
Limitations to know
  • —180 GB VRAM Q4
  • —Restrictive Baidu license
  • —Limited use outside China
Architecture
MoE · 300B · ERNIE 4.5 · Baidu PaddlePaddle
Training
Baidu — massive Chinese corpus + multilingual support. Weights partially published.
Ideal for
Open CN frontierPro chat

04Install

Install Ollama for your OS. Check the model and its quantization before downloading. Start with 4096 tokens of context, then check placement with ollama ps. A command below is not proof that a test was run on your machine.

$# Déploiement complexe — vérifier la licence Baidu avant usage
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First download: between 2 and 40 GB depending on the selected quantization. Plan for sufficient disk space; a stable connection is recommended. Subsequent launches are instant.

02Required memory

Approximate GPU VRAM required to run this model, including 4k tokens of context overhead. For a longer context, add ~1 GB per 8k-token increment.

Q4_K_M
The lightest, ~5% loss
180 GB
Q5_K_M
Good quality/size compromise
215 GB
Q8_0
Nearly indistinguishable from FP16
320 GB
FP16
Full precision — server use
600 GB
Fallback CPU · If you don't have a GPU, allow 220 GB of RAM minimum to run this model at reduced speed.

What hardware do you need for ERNIE 4.5 300B-A47B?

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03Expected speed

Tokens generated per second in Q4_K_M, 4k context. Beyond 20 t/s, reading is comfortable. Below 10 t/s, that's just for testing.

Entry-level
~1t/s
GTX 1650, RX 6600, MBA M2 8GB
Mid-range
~5t/s
RTX 4060, 4070, MBP M3 Pro
High-end
~15t/s
RTX 4090, M4 Max, Radeon 7900