Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Solar Pro4

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Solar Pro4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 28.5.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $9 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 524K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and Solar Pro4 specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashSolar Pro4
ProviderGoogleUpstage
Noometry Index54.242.1
Released2026-05-192026-08-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M524K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$9$1.20
Results tracked5418

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena WebDev14991371
LMArena Coding14921437
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashSolar Pro4
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14881399
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert14951427
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14761361
LMArena Chinese15261415
LMArena French14901397
LMArena German14921364
LMArena Japanese14861309
LMArena Korean14511382
LMArena Russian14931360
LMArena Spanish14801401

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14671377

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14821381

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Text14821386
LMArena Creative Writing14701316
LMArena Multi-Turn14811385
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Solar Pro4?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash lists at $1.50 and $9.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Solar Pro4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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