Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs Solar Pro 4
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs 3.0x less per output token than Solar Pro 4 ($0.20 vs $0.60 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.20
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.60
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Solar Pro 4: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Qwen2.5 7B Instruct for output tokens 3.0x cheaper ($0.20 vs $0.60 per million).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has results on Epoch Capabilities Index, BALROG and GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run); 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 33K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct $0.0002, Solar Pro 4 $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct 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
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct $0.20 against Solar Pro 4 $0.60 per million output tokens, 3.0x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct takes 33K 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 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1371 | 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 | 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 31 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 28.2 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.5 | Not measured | Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1105 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| BALROG | 7.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | 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 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 35.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct 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 16 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 2.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct 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 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 72.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct 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 13 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | 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 | 1177 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1178 | 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 index20 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 70.7% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| DTBench | 47.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct measured |
| LMCA | 6.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct 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 26 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
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct 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 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Upstage Solar Pro 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Upstage |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | October 16, 2024 | August 10, 2026 |
| Context window | 33K | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.10 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.20 | $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 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better than Solar Pro 4 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen2.5 7B Instruct for output tokens 3.0x cheaper ($0.20 vs $0.60 per million).
Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Solar Pro 4?
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.20 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, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Solar Pro 4?
Solar Pro 4, with 524K tokens against 33K.
Has any benchmark tested both Qwen2.5 7B Instruct and Solar Pro 4?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has results on Epoch Capabilities Index, BALROG and GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run); Solar Pro 4 on LMArena WebDev, AA Coding Index and SciCode. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.