Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Solar Pro4

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #9 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 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-5.5 leads 72.8 to 28.5.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $30 for GPT-5.5.
  • GPT-5.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 524K.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Solar Pro4 specifications
GPT-5.5Solar Pro4
ProviderOpenAIUpstage
Noometry Index63.442.1
Released2026-04-232026-08-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M524K
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$5$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$30$1.20
Results tracked7118

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Solar Pro4
LMArena WebDev15131371
LMArena Coding14941437
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
MirrorCode10%—
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Solar Pro4
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
ExploitBench47.4%—
GBAEval53.2%—
GDP.pdf26%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#11), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14891399
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.1—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.7 (#11), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Expert15081427
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified63%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14671361
LMArena Chinese15331415
LMArena French14861397
LMArena German14801364
LMArena Japanese14981309
LMArena Korean14601382
LMArena Russian14731360
LMArena Spanish14681401

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14791377

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14841381
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Text14721386
LMArena Creative Writing14551316
LMArena Multi-Turn14761385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Solar Pro4?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 or Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.5 lists at $5 and $30.

Is GPT-5.5 or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Solar Pro4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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