Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Solar Pro4

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #33 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

41.5

Rank #123 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 27.3.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 524K.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Solar Pro4 specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewSolar Pro4
ProviderGoogleUpstage
Noometry Index52.341.5
Released2025-12-172026-08-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M524K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$3$1.20
Results tracked5918

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.5 (#35), Solar Pro4: 39.9 (#135)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewSolar Pro4
LMArena WebDev14391371
LMArena Coding14601439
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.6 (#27), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewSolar Pro4
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#35), Solar Pro4: 27.3 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14651398
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.83—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.4 (#42), Solar Pro4: 36.1 (#129)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewSolar Pro4
LMArena Math14721418
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#30), Solar Pro4: 39.0 (#128)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert14611421
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.3 (#15), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewSolar Pro4
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.9 (#26), Solar Pro4: 49.0 (#134)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14581362
LMArena Chinese15101417
LMArena French14781403
LMArena German14971351
LMArena Japanese14881300
LMArena Korean14431383
LMArena Russian14801360
LMArena Spanish14701408

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.8 (#52), Solar Pro4: 72.8 (#128)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14371376

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#63), Solar Pro4: 42.0 (#125)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14521379

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.6 (#44), Solar Pro4: 56.7 (#133)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewSolar Pro4
LMArena Text14661386
LMArena Creative Writing14571313
LMArena Multi-Turn14711391

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Solar Pro4?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.5 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Solar Pro4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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