Model comparison
DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Solar Pro 3
DeepSeek V4 Pro has enough public results to be ranked (#31); Solar Pro 3 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
UpstageSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and Solar Pro 3 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 22.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 51% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 24.7% for Solar Pro 3.
- Solar Pro 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.66 / $1.98 for DeepSeek V4 Pro.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Solar Pro 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Upstage |
| Noometry Index | 54.3 | 33.9 |
| Released | 2026-04-24 | 2026-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 131K |
| Max output | 393K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.66 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.98 | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 48 | 2 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Solar Pro 3: 34.8
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Solar Pro 3 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 51% | 24.7% |
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | — |
| FrontierCode | 28.6% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1582 | — |
| WeirdML | 66.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1470 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,403 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Solar Pro 3: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Solar Pro 3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 47.3% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,285 | — |
Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Solar Pro 3: 22.4
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Solar Pro 3 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 18% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.3% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 53.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 91.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 90.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 47% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1461 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 43% | — |
| DTBench | 93.9% | — |
| LMCA | 45.5% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 40% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.31 | — |
| ForecastBench | 56.1 | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Solar Pro 3: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Solar Pro 3 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 64.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 26.8% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 76.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.6% | — |
| ProofBench | 50% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1455 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Solar Pro 3: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Solar Pro 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 91.7% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 52.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1464 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Solar Pro 3: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Solar Pro 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1486 | — |
| LMArena French | 1472 | — |
| LMArena German | 1458 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1447 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1453 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1458 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Solar Pro 3: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Solar Pro 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1448 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Solar Pro 3: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Solar Pro 3 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench Life | 13.5% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1458 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Solar Pro 3: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Solar Pro 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1451 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1446 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1553 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1467 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Solar Pro 3?
DeepSeek V4 Pro has enough public results to be ranked (#31); Solar Pro 3 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Solar Pro 3?
Solar Pro 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Pro lists at $0.66 and $1.98.
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Solar Pro 3 better for coding?
DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 34.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
DeepSeek V4 Pro does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Solar Pro 3 share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro 3 has 2.