Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Solar Pro 4
Solar Pro 4 leads Mistral Large 3 2512 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 28.2 to 9.3, and Solar Pro 4 costs 2.5x less per output token ($0.60 vs $1.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 9 benchmarks have a result for both.
Mistral Large 3 2512 or Solar Pro 4: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Mistral Large 3 2512 for work measured by AA Coding Index or AA Intelligence Index, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 9
- Mistral Large 3 2512 only
- 19
- Solar Pro 4 only
- 36
- Like-for-like categories
- 3 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 Pro 4
Solar Pro 4 leads, 28.2 against 9.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has a GPQA Diamond result, 68.4%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has a AIME result, 42.9%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has a MMLU Pro result, 79.8%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Solar Pro 4
Solar Pro 4 leads, 1176 against 1162.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Solar Pro 4
Solar Pro 4 takes 524K tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Solar Pro 4
Mistral Large 3 2512 $0.0013, Solar Pro 4 $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has the number, $0.77.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Mistral Large 3 2512 not benchmarked, Solar Pro 4 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Intelligence, 18.9 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Coding Index: Mistral Large 3 2512 20.1 against Solar Pro 4 52.7, 32.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Mistral Large 3 2512 $1.50 against Solar Pro 4 $0.60 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
- Context window
- Mistral Large 3 2512 takes 262K 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 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Bars | Solar Pro 4 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| All shared boards | 1 | 8 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index11
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1371 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 20.1 | 52.7 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 55.3% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 41.4% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 48.0% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 264.7 | 179.3 | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1438 | 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 29 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.3 | 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 index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1105 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 68.4% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 66.2% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 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 | 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 | 1427 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 42.9% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 85.4% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1421 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1427 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.8% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 79.1% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 61.4% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 61.0% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.1% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 52.1% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 82.2% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1404 | 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 | 1383 | 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 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1162 | 1176 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1102 | 1150 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1080 | 1170 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1136 | 1177 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1100 | 1178 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1142 | 1182 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 993 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1069 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 24.6% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 70.7% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| DTBench | 65.1% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LMCA | 16.7% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1388 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1375 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1317 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1414 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1363 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1422 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1358 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1320 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1383 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1400 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1409 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1357 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1304 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1385 | 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 | 1332 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | 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 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Upstage Solar Pro 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | Upstage |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | December 1, 2025 | August 10, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.50 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.50 | $0.60 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.77 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Mistral Large 3 2512 better than Solar Pro 4 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Mistral Large 3 2512 for work measured by AA Coding Index or AA Intelligence Index, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 2512 or Solar Pro 4?
Mistral Large 3 2512 costs $0.50 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 Mistral Large 3 2512 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Large 3 2512 or Solar Pro 4?
Solar Pro 4, with 524K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Solar Pro 4 comparison based on?
9 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Mistral Large 3 2512's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Solar Pro 4's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.