Model comparison

gpt-oss-120b vs Solar Pro4

Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index. gpt-oss-120b costs 7.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-120b OpenAI

36.3

Rank #217 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-120b scores higher in 2 categories and Solar Pro4 in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where gpt-oss-120b leads 52.5 to 38.8.
  • gpt-oss-120b is cheaper at $0.037 / $0.17 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for Solar Pro4.
  • Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 131K.
  • gpt-oss-120b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

gpt-oss-120b and Solar Pro4 specifications
gpt-oss-120bSolar Pro4
ProviderOpenAIUpstage
Noometry Index36.342.1
Released2025-08-052026-08-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K524K
Max output41K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.037$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.17$1.20
Results tracked4818

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Category by category

Coding Solar Pro4 leads

gpt-oss-120b: 33.5 (#256), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bSolar Pro4
LMArena Coding13801437
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)26%—
Aider Polyglot41.8%—
LMArena WebDev—1371
SciCode36%—
WeirdML48.2%—
ALE-Bench575.62—
AlgoTune1.41—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 12.2 (#153), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bSolar Pro4
Terminal-Bench18.7%—
APEX-Agents4.4%—
METR Time Horizons56.6%—
Vending-Bench 2-21.53—

Reasoning Solar Pro4 leads

gpt-oss-120b: 20.0 (#245), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts13641399
SimpleBench22.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark58.6%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
Mystery Game Puzzles2%—
DTBench76.3%—
LMCA22.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench25%—
Epoch Capabilities Index139.93—

Math gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 52.5 (#50), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bSolar Pro4
LMArena Math13891416
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
Omni-MATH68.8%—

Knowledge gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 42.4 (#96), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert13561427
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
MMLU-Pro79.5%—
Confabulations15.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—
GPQA (HELM)68.4%—

Multilingual Too close to call

gpt-oss-120b: 48.0 (#147), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English13511361
LMArena Chinese13851415
LMArena French13691397
LMArena German13531364
LMArena Japanese13311309
LMArena Korean12821382
LMArena Russian13431360
LMArena Spanish13891401

Instruction Following Solar Pro4 leads

gpt-oss-120b: 69.3 (#173), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following13181377
IFEval83.6%—

Long Context Solar Pro4 leads

gpt-oss-120b: 31.4 (#278), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query13191381
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Solar Pro4 leads

gpt-oss-120b: 46.5 (#217), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bSolar Pro4
LMArena Text13651386
LMArena Creative Writing12751316
LMArena Multi-Turn13401385
Short-Story Creative Writing77.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing961—
WildBench84.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-120b better than Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index. gpt-oss-120b costs 7.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-120b or Solar Pro4?

gpt-oss-120b is cheaper. It lists at $0.037 per million input tokens and $0.17 per million output tokens; Solar Pro4 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is gpt-oss-120b or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Solar Pro4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-120b and Solar Pro4 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-120b has 48 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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