Model comparison
Qwen3 Coder Next vs Solar Pro4
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Coder Next costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
UpstageSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Solar Pro4 leads 28.5 to 22.4.
- Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for Solar Pro4.
- Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 262K.
- Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3 Coder Next | Solar Pro4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Upstage |
| Noometry Index | 34.3 | 42.1 |
| Released | 2026-02-02 | 2026-08-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 524K |
| Max output | 66K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.12 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.80 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Solar Pro4 leads
Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1371 |
| SciCode | 32.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 34.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1437 |
Reasoning Solar Pro4 leads
Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1399 |
Math Not comparable
Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1416 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1427 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | Solar 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
Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1377 |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1381 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1386 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1316 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1385 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3 Coder Next better than Solar Pro4?
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Coder Next costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Coder Next or Solar Pro4?
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Solar Pro4 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.
Is Qwen3 Coder Next or Solar Pro4 better for coding?
Solar Pro4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 36.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3 Coder Next and Solar Pro4 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 Coder Next has 3 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.