Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview vs Solar Pro 4
Solar Pro 4 leads Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 28.2 to 15.6, and Solar Pro 4 costs 2.5x less per output token ($0.60 vs $1.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 40 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or Solar Pro 4: which to pick
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a coding score, 22.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Solar Pro 4 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Solar Pro 4 for output tokens 2.5x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.50 per million) and work measured by LMArena WebDev or AA Coding Index, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 40
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview only
- 39
- Solar Pro 4 only
- 5
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Solar Pro 4
Solar Pro 4 leads, 28.2 against 15.6.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.6.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a GPQA Diamond result, 81.1%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a AIME result, 83.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a MMLU Pro result, 86.2%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Solar Pro 4
Solar Pro 4 leads, 1176 against 1082.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 524K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Solar Pro 4
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $0.0010, Solar Pro 4 $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has the number, $0.18.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 22.7 from 3 benchmarks, Solar Pro 4 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Web design, 14.3 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: Polish: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 1443 against Solar Pro 4 1304, 23.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $1.50 against Solar Pro 4 $0.60 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview takes 1.05M tokens, Solar Pro 4 524K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Bars | Solar Pro 4 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 6 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 2 | ||
| Math | 1 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| General | 16 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 23 | 17 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index16
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1257 | 1371 | Solar Pro 4 |
| AA Coding Index | 34.7 | 52.7 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 80.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 62.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 34.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 48.0% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 797.7 | 179.3 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1400 | 1438 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1413 | 1431 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1245 | 1363 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1276 | 1371 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1336 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| SciCode | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 15.6 | 28.2 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.6 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1105 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 30.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 3.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 3.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 8.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 81.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 82.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 89.1% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 29.8% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1407 | 1400 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1398 | 1428 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1403 | 1427 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1242 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1271 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 83.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1428 | 1421 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1417 | 1427 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 86.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 55.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 59.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 71.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1425 | 1404 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1428 | 1374 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1418 | 1383 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1389 | 1381 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 51.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1082 | 1176 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1069 | 1147 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1029 | 1169 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1045 | 1177 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1047 | 1178 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1072 | 1182 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1052 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1167 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index161
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 49.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 63.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 41.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 70.7% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1416 | 1388 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1377 | 1375 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1401 | 1317 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1414 | 1414 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1410 | 1363 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1460 | 1422 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: German | 1430 | 1358 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1413 | 1320 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1392 | 1383 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: French | 1424 | 1400 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1421 | 1409 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1420 | 1357 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1443 | 1304 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1417 | 1385 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1394 | 1382 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1408 | 1344 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1386 | 1332 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1232 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1278 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1246 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1266 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1259 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1308 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1248 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Solar Pro 4 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Solar Pro 4 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Solar Pro 4 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Upstage Solar Pro 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Upstage | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | August 10, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.25 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.50 | $0.60 |
| Coding index | 22.7 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.18 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview better than Solar Pro 4 for coding?
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a coding score, 22.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Solar Pro 4 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Solar Pro 4 for output tokens 2.5x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.50 per million) and work measured by LMArena WebDev or AA Coding Index, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or Solar Pro 4?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Solar Pro 4 costs $0.15 and $0.60. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or Solar Pro 4?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview vs Solar Pro 4 comparison based on?
40 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Solar Pro 4's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.