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Baidu's ERNIE 5.5 Flash Packs 280B Parameters Into a 14B Compute Path

Baidu unveiled ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview at Baidu World 2026 on 12 November. The 280B sparse MoE model activates 14B parameters per token, serves over 200 tokens per second, is live on Qianfan, and will ship open weights by 25 November.

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  1. 2026-11-12 16:36 · DEV Community — AI
    Baidu's ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview Is Live on Qianfan — Weights Open 25 November
  2. 2026-11-11 05:42 · AlphaSignal
    Baidu's ERNIE 5.5 Flash Packs 280B Parameters Into a 14B Compute Path

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