Model comparison

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B vs Solar Pro4

Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

Alibaba (Qwen)

37.2

Rank #194 Confirmed

Solar Pro4

Upstage

41.5

Rank #123 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 51.4 to 39.0.
Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $1.49 for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 262K.
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B and Solar Pro4 specifications
	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	Solar Pro4
Provider	Alibaba (Qwen)	Upstage
Noometry Index	37.2	41.5
Released	2026-04-01	2026-08-06
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	262K	524K
Max output	66K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.25	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	$1.49	$1.20
Results tracked	14	18

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Category by category

Coding Solar Pro4 leads

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 36.7 (#190), Solar Pro4: 39.9 (#135)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	Solar Pro4
LMArena WebDev	—	1371
SciCode	35.8%	—
WeirdML	34.5%	—
LMArena Coding	—	1439

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 21.9 (#126), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	Solar Pro4
Terminal-Bench	23%	—

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 27.2 (#112), Solar Pro4: 27.3 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	Solar Pro4
NYT Connections (extended)	41.6%	—
CritPt	0.3%	—
Chess Puzzles	26%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1398
Mystery Game Puzzles	22%	—
DTBench	73.9%	—
LMCA	29.7%	—
Surface Evolver Bench	44.4%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	143.92	—

Math Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.9 (#90), Solar Pro4: 36.1 (#129)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	Solar Pro4
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	20.4%	—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	86.7%	—
LMArena Math	—	1418

Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.4 (#63), Solar Pro4: 39.0 (#128)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	Solar Pro4
GPQA Diamond	84.8%	—
LMArena Expert	—	1421

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —, Solar Pro4: 49.0 (#134)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	Solar Pro4
LMArena Non-English	—	1362
LMArena Chinese	—	1417
LMArena French	—	1403
LMArena German	—	1351
LMArena Japanese	—	1300
LMArena Korean	—	1383
LMArena Russian	—	1360
LMArena Spanish	—	1408

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —, Solar Pro4: 72.8 (#128)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	Solar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1376

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —, Solar Pro4: 42.0 (#125)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	Solar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query	—	1379

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —, Solar Pro4: 56.7 (#133)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	Solar Pro4
LMArena Text	—	1386
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1313
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1391

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better than Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B or Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 35B-A3B lists at $0.25 and $1.49.

Is Qwen3.6 35B-A3B or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Solar Pro4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 36.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 35B-A3B and Solar Pro4 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.