Model comparison

GPT-5 Pro vs Solar Pro4

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 79× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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GPT-5 Pro OpenAI

46.4

Rank #64 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5 Pro leads 56.7 to 39.8.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $120 for GPT-5 Pro.
  • Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

GPT-5 Pro and Solar Pro4 specifications
GPT-5 ProSolar Pro4
ProviderOpenAIUpstage
Noometry Index46.442.1
Released2025-10-062026-08-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K524K
Max output272K131K
Input $ / M tokens$15$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$120$1.20
Results tracked1218

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 44.0 (#80), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProSolar Pro4
LMArena WebDev—1371
WeirdML60.4%—
LMArena Coding—1437
AlgoTune1.31—

Reasoning GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 38.9 (#62), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProSolar Pro4
ARC-AGI-218.3%—
SimpleBench61.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark76.8%—
ARC-AGI-170.2%—
EnigmaEval18.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1399
Epoch Capabilities Index150.28—

Math GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 48.5 (#63), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProSolar Pro4
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 419.5%—
LMArena Math—1416
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 56.7 (#42), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProSolar Pro4
Humanity's Last Exam31.6%—
LMArena Expert—1427

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English—1361
LMArena Chinese—1415
LMArena French—1397
LMArena German—1364
LMArena Japanese—1309
LMArena Korean—1382
LMArena Russian—1360
LMArena Spanish—1401

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following—1377

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query—1381

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProSolar Pro4
LMArena Text—1386
LMArena Creative Writing—1316
LMArena Multi-Turn—1385

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5 Pro better than Solar Pro4?

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 79× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5 Pro 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 Pro lists at $15 and $120.

Is GPT-5 Pro or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

GPT-5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Pro and Solar Pro4 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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