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Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B vs Solar Pro4

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher in 8 categories and Solar Pro4 in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 60.2 to 56.5.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B.
  • Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22BSolar Pro4
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Upstage
Noometry Index43.242.1
Released2025-042026-08-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K524K
Max output33K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.70$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$2.80$1.20
Results tracked1818

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BSolar Pro4
LMArena Coding14391437
LMArena WebDev—1371

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14281399

Math Too close to call

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BSolar Pro4
LMArena Math14261416

Knowledge Too close to call

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert14421427

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55), Solar Pro4: —

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BSolar Pro4
LMArena Vision1247—

Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14051361
LMArena Chinese14631415
LMArena French14521397
LMArena German14241364
LMArena Japanese13851309
LMArena Korean13941382
LMArena Russian14081360
LMArena Spanish14281401

Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14061377

Long Context Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14201381

Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BSolar Pro4
LMArena Text14201386
LMArena Creative Writing13661316
LMArena Multi-Turn14281385

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better than Solar Pro4?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B or Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

Is Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

How many benchmarks do Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B and Solar Pro4 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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