GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k vs Solar Pro 4
Solar Pro 4 costs 6.7x less per output token than GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k ($0.60 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $4.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.60
GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k or Solar Pro 4: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
No benchmark has tested both yet. GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k has none yet; Solar Pro 4 on LMArena WebDev, AA Coding Index and SciCode. Compare them on price and context instead.
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
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Solar Pro 4 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 28.2.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Solar Pro 4 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1176.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Solar Pro 4
Solar Pro 4 takes 524K tokens against 16K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Solar Pro 4
GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k $0.0050, Solar Pro 4 $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k not benchmarked, Solar Pro 4 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k $4.00 against Solar Pro 4 $0.60 per million output tokens, 6.7x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k takes 16K tokens, Solar Pro 4 524K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index8 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1370 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 52.7 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 48.0% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 179.3 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1437 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1431 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1363 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1371 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 28.2 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1105 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 41 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not measured | 1400 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1428 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1428 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1417 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1423 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1403 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1374 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1384 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1381 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1176 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1147 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1169 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1178 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1179 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1182 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index18 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 70.7% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1388 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1374 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1318 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1415 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1363 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1423 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1357 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1320 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1391 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1403 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1413 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1354 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1307 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1387 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1382 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1344 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1333 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 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 | OpenAI GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Upstage Solar Pro 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Upstage |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 28, 2023 | August 10, 2026 |
| Context window | 16K | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $3.00 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.00 | $0.60 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k better than Solar Pro 4 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k or Solar Pro 4?
GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; Solar Pro 4 costs $0.15 and $0.60. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k or Solar Pro 4?
Solar Pro 4, with 524K tokens against 16K.
Has any benchmark tested both GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k and Solar Pro 4?
No benchmark has tested both yet. GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k has none yet; Solar Pro 4 on LMArena WebDev, AA Coding Index and SciCode. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 23, 2026.