Kimi K2 0711 vs Solar Mini 4
Solar Mini 4 leads Kimi K2 0711 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 24.1 to 12.7, and Solar Mini 4 costs 11.5x less per output token ($0.20 vs $2.30 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 6 benchmarks have a result for both.
Kimi K2 0711 or Solar Mini 4: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Kimi K2 0711 for work measured by AA Intelligence Index or Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 6
- Kimi K2 0711 only
- 31
- Solar Mini 4 only
- 1
- Like-for-like categories
- 4 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
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Solar Mini 4
Solar Mini 4 leads, 24.1 against 12.7.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Kimi K2 0711 has a GPQA Diamond result, 71.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Kimi K2 0711 has a AIME result, 62.7%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Kimi K2 0711 has a MMLU Pro result, 79.4%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Solar Mini 4
Solar Mini 4 leads, 1159 against 1050.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Solar Mini 4
Solar Mini 4 takes 524K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Solar Mini 4
Kimi K2 0711 $0.0017, Solar Mini 4 $0.0001 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Kimi K2 0711 not benchmarked, Solar Mini 4 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- General, 30.3 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): Kimi K2 0711 53.0% against Solar Mini 4 83.3%, 30.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Kimi K2 0711 $2.30 against Solar Mini 4 $0.20 per million output tokens, 11.5x apart.
- Context window
- Kimi K2 0711 takes 131K tokens, Solar Mini 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 | Kimi K2 0711 | Bars | Solar Mini 4 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 3 | ||
| General | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 6 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 59.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 70.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 55.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 47.6% | Only Solar Mini 4 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 27.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| WeirdML | 39.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 12.7 | 24.1 | Solar Mini 4 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.0 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 71.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 7.4% | 25.8% | Solar Mini 4 |
| SimpleBench | 26.3% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 64.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 62.7% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 94.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 91.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| AA Math Index | 57.0 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 57.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 81.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 50.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 70.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 84.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 82.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1050 | 1159 | Solar Mini 4 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1030 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 974 | 1109 | Solar Mini 4 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1018 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1033 | 1150 | Solar Mini 4 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 41.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 53.0% | 83.3% | Solar Mini 4 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 85.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| CL-bench | 11.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 41 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Solar Mini 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 Mini 4 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Solar Mini 4 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Solar Mini 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 | MoonshotAI Kimi K2 0711 | Upstage Solar Mini 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | Upstage |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | July 11, 2025 | September 23, 2026 |
| Context window | 131K | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.57 | $0.05 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.30 | $0.20 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Kimi K2 0711 better than Solar Mini 4 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Kimi K2 0711 for work measured by AA Intelligence Index or Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2 0711 or Solar Mini 4?
Kimi K2 0711 costs $0.57 per million input tokens and $2.30 per million output tokens; Solar Mini 4 costs $0.05 and $0.20. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K2 0711 or Solar Mini 4?
Solar Mini 4, with 524K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Kimi K2 0711 vs Solar Mini 4 comparison based on?
6 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Kimi K2 0711's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Solar Mini 4's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.