Model comparison

Qwen Plus vs Solar Pro4

Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 0 categories and Solar Pro4 in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Solar Pro4 leads 38.8 to 23.3.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
  • Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 524K.

Side by side

Qwen Plus and Solar Pro4 specifications
Qwen PlusSolar Pro4
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Upstage
Noometry Index37.142.1
Released2024-01-252026-08-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M524K
Max output33K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$1.20$1.20
Results tracked2018

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Category by category

Coding Solar Pro4 leads

Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusSolar Pro4
LMArena Coding13281437
LMArena WebDev—1371

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts13171399
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.3%—
DTBench81.1%—
LMCA24%—

Math Solar Pro4 leads

Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusSolar Pro4
LMArena Math13261416
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202517.8%—
MATH Level 565.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Solar Pro4 leads

Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert13281427
GPQA Diamond48.1%—

Multilingual Solar Pro4 leads

Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English13101361
LMArena Chinese13471415
LMArena Japanese12511309
LMArena Russian13231360
LMArena French—1397
LMArena German—1364
LMArena Korean—1382
LMArena Spanish—1401

Instruction Following Solar Pro4 leads

Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following13031377

Long Context Solar Pro4 leads

Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query13241381

Writing & Preference Solar Pro4 leads

Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusSolar Pro4
LMArena Text13261386
LMArena Creative Writing12931316
LMArena Multi-Turn13361385

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen Plus better than Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.

Is Qwen Plus or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Solar Pro4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Solar Pro4 share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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