Model comparison

GPT-6 Sol vs Solar Pro4

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 7.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Sol scores higher in 8 categories and Solar Pro4 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Sol leads 87.2 to 38.8.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for GPT-6 Sol.
  • GPT-6 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 524K.

Side by side

GPT-6 Sol and Solar Pro4 specifications
GPT-6 SolSolar Pro4
ProviderOpenAIUpstage
Noometry Index61.842.1
Released2026-09-222026-08-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M524K
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$10$1.20
Results tracked4518

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolSolar Pro4
LMArena WebDev16881371
LMArena Coding14471437
DeepSWE68.8%—
FrontierCode49.3%—
SciCode57.6%—
ALE-Bench2,462—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolSolar Pro4
APEX-Agents54.3%—
GDP.pdf26.4%—
Vending-Bench 214,428—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14181399
ARC-AGI-289.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)90.1%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt30.9%—
EBR-Bench53.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA59.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.72—

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolSolar Pro4
LMArena Math14021416
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)89.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 490%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench83%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert14391427
GPQA Diamond94.3%—
SimpleQA Verified60.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolSolar Pro4
LMArena Vision1245—
Blueprint-Bench 236.9%—
Furniture Assembly58.3%—

Multilingual GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English13851361
LMArena Chinese14051415
LMArena French14101397
LMArena German13901364
LMArena Japanese13851309
LMArena Korean13411382
LMArena Russian14011360
LMArena Spanish13841401

Instruction Following GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14121377

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14111381

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolSolar Pro4
LMArena Text13951386
LMArena Creative Writing13781316
LMArena Multi-Turn14121385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2125—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Sol better than Solar Pro4?

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 7.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Sol 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 Sol lists at $2 and $10.

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

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.1 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

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

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 45 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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