Model comparison

Grok 4.5 vs Solar Pro4

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.5 xAI

55.0

Rank #25 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.5 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 Grok 4.5 leads 56.1 to 28.5.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.5.
  • Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 500K.

Side by side

Grok 4.5 and Solar Pro4 specifications
Grok 4.5Solar Pro4
ProviderxAIUpstage
Noometry Index55.042.1
Released2026-07-082026-08-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window500K524K
Max output500K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$6$1.20
Results tracked5218

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Solar Pro4
LMArena WebDev15531371
LMArena Coding14741437
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.4%—
SciCode54.1%—
WeirdML46.4%—
ALE-Bench1,309—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Solar Pro4
APEX-Agents56.2%—
τ²-bench Banking47.9%—
PostTrainBench23.4%—
GBAEval65.4%—
GDP.pdf14%—
LMArena Search1213—
Vending-Bench 23,887—

Reasoning Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14621399
ARC-AGI-252.6%—
SimpleBench70%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark83.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.9%—
ARC-AGI-187.2%—
CritPt15.4%—
Chess Puzzles36%—
DTBench96.5%—
LMCA45.2%—
Surface Evolver Bench74.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.92—

Math Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Math14591416
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.8%—
ProofBench31%—

Knowledge Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Expert14661427
GPQA Diamond93.4%—
SimpleQA Verified48.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Vision1288—
Blueprint-Bench 227.3%—
Furniture Assembly22.5%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14401361
LMArena Chinese14961415
LMArena French14561397
LMArena German14461364
LMArena Japanese14281309
LMArena Korean14041382
LMArena Russian14481360
LMArena Spanish14501401

Instruction Following Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14461377

Long Context Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14631381

Writing & Preference Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Text14481386
LMArena Creative Writing14421316
LMArena Multi-Turn14561385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.5 better than Solar Pro4?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.5 or Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Grok 4.5 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.5 or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 500K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.5 and Solar Pro4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.5 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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