Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Solar Pro4

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 8 categories and Solar Pro4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.5 to 38.8.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 524K.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Solar Pro4 specifications
GPT-5.4Solar Pro4
ProviderOpenAIUpstage
Noometry Index59.442.1
Released2026-03-052026-08-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M524K
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$15$1.20
Results tracked6818

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Solar Pro4
LMArena WebDev14651371
LMArena Coding14971437
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Solar Pro4
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Solar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14851399
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Solar Pro4
LMArena Expert15071427
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Solar Pro4
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Solar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14651361
LMArena Chinese15191415
LMArena French14931397
LMArena German14721364
LMArena Japanese14851309
LMArena Korean14481382
LMArena Russian14801360
LMArena Spanish14541401

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Solar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14691377

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Solar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14731381
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Solar Pro4
LMArena Text14691386
LMArena Creative Writing14391316
LMArena Multi-Turn14821385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Solar Pro4?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 or Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Solar Pro4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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