Qwen3.5-Flash vs Solar Pro 4
Qwen3.5-Flash costs 2.3x less per output token than Solar Pro 4 ($0.26 vs $0.60 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 32 benchmarks have a result for both.
Qwen3.5-Flash or Solar Pro 4: which to pick
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a coding score, 41.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Solar Pro 4 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Solar Pro 4 for work measured by LMArena WebDev or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 32
- Qwen3.5-Flash only
- 23
- Solar Pro 4 only
- 13
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 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 Qwen3.5-Flash has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Solar Pro 4 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 28.2.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a GPQA Diamond result, 82.8%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a AIME result, 92.5%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a MMLU Pro result, 84.1%.
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
Qwen3.5-Flash
Qwen3.5-Flash takes 1M tokens against 524K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.5-Flash
Qwen3.5-Flash $0.0002, Solar Pro 4 $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has the number, $0.40.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen3.5-Flash 41.1 from 2 benchmarks, Solar Pro 4 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 10.6 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: React: Qwen3.5-Flash 1229 against Solar Pro 4 1363, 22.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Qwen3.5-Flash $0.26 against Solar Pro 4 $0.60 per million output tokens, 2.3x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen3.5-Flash takes 1M 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 | Qwen3.5-Flash | Bars | Solar Pro 4 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 5 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 2 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 13 | 4 | ||
| All shared boards | 19 | 13 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index15
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1244 | 1371 | Solar Pro 4 |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 52.7 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 83.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 64.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 48.0% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 265.9 | 179.3 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1412 | 1438 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1416 | 1431 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1229 | 1363 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1291 | 1371 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 28.2 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 143.5 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | 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 | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 82.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 81.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash 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 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 82.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Chess puzzles | 14.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 20.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1403 | 1400 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1407 | 1428 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1409 | 1427 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 92.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 84.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 18.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1407 | 1421 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1413 | 1427 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 84.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 84.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 56.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 63.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 72.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 67.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 33.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 20.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1415 | 1404 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1407 | 1374 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1398 | 1383 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1394 | 1381 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | 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 | 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 | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index134
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 42.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 70.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 70.7% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| DTBench | 82.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMCA | 29.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1397 | 1388 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1374 | 1375 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1343 | 1317 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: English | 1404 | 1414 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1385 | 1363 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1445 | 1422 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1390 | 1358 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1369 | 1320 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1344 | 1383 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1413 | 1400 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1400 | 1409 | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1380 | 1357 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1376 | 1304 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1393 | 1385 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1392 | 1382 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1369 | 1344 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1347 | 1332 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-Flash | 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
Qwen3.5-Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.5-Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.5-Flash 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 | Qwen3.5-Flash | Upstage Solar Pro 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Upstage |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | February 25, 2026 | August 10, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.065 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.26 | $0.60 |
| Coding index | 41.1 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.40 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Qwen3.5-Flash better than Solar Pro 4 for coding?
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a coding score, 41.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Solar Pro 4 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Solar Pro 4 for work measured by LMArena WebDev or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-Flash or Solar Pro 4?
Qwen3.5-Flash costs $0.065 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; Solar Pro 4 costs $0.15 and $0.60. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.5-Flash only.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-Flash or Solar Pro 4?
Qwen3.5-Flash, with 1M tokens against 524K.
How many benchmarks is the Qwen3.5-Flash vs Solar Pro 4 comparison based on?
32 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Qwen3.5-Flash's coding index rests on 2 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.