Model comparison

GPT-6 Astra vs Solar Pro4

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 38× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Astra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.8

Rank #1 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Astra 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 GPT-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 28.5.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for GPT-6 Astra.
  • GPT-6 Astra accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 524K.

Side by side

GPT-6 Astra and Solar Pro4 specifications
GPT-6 AstraSolar Pro4
ProviderOpenAIUpstage
Noometry Index70.842.1
Released2026-09-032026-08-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M524K
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$10$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$50$1.20
Results tracked5618

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraSolar Pro4
LMArena WebDev17861371
LMArena Coding14871437
DeepSWE74.1%—
FrontierCode53.3%—
FrontierSWE65.5%—
SciCode56.5%—
GSO79.4%—
WeirdML93.6%—
MirrorCode46.7%—
ALE-Bench2,951—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraSolar Pro4
APEX-Agents64.7%—
Remote Labor Index20.8%—
BALROG68.3%—
GDP.pdf34.2%—
Vending-Bench 215,515—

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14621399
ARC-AGI-295%—
NYT Connections (extended)98.1%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles72%—
EBR-Bench76.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles84%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA64.4%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index166.45—

Math GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraSolar Pro4
LMArena Math14651416
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 497.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench99%—
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert14831427
GPQA Diamond95.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam54.8%—
SimpleQA Verified75.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraSolar Pro4
LMArena Vision1281—
Blueprint-Bench 249.7%—
Furniture Assembly80%—
LMArena Document1468—

Multilingual GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14301361
LMArena Chinese14841415
LMArena French14561397
LMArena German14401364
LMArena Japanese13791309
LMArena Korean14261382
LMArena Russian14361360
LMArena Spanish14071401

Instruction Following GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14501377

Long Context GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14561381

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraSolar Pro4
LMArena Text14411386
LMArena Creative Writing14181316
LMArena Multi-Turn14481385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2173—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Astra better than Solar Pro4?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 38× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Astra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra or Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Astra lists at $10 and $50.

Is GPT-6 Astra or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 73.7 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Astra does, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Astra and Solar Pro4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Astra has 56 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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