Qwen3.7 Max vs Solar Mini 4
Qwen3.7 Max leads Solar Mini 4 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 29.5 to 24.1, and Solar Mini 4 costs 22.1x less per output token ($0.20 vs $4.425 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 7 benchmarks have a result for both.
Qwen3.7 Max or Solar Mini 4: which to pick
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a coding score, 54.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Solar Mini 4 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Solar Mini 4 for output tokens 22.1x cheaper ($0.20 vs $4.425 per million) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 7
- Qwen3.7 Max only
- 52
- Solar Mini 4 only
- 0
- 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 Qwen3.7 Max has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 29.5 against 24.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a AA Agentic Index result, 22.5.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a GPQA Diamond result, 90.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a MMLU Pro result, 89.3%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 1274 against 1159.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max takes 1M tokens against 524K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Solar Mini 4
Qwen3.7 Max $0.0037, Solar Mini 4 $0.0001 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has the number, $4.69.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen3.7 Max 54.1 from 3 benchmarks, Solar Mini 4 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Web design, 16.5 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: game dev: Qwen3.7 Max 1265 against Solar Mini 4 1109, 19.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Qwen3.7 Max $4.425 against Solar Mini 4 $0.20 per million output tokens, 22.1x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen3.7 Max takes 1M 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 | Qwen3.7 Max | Bars | Solar Mini 4 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 3 | 0 | ||
| General | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 6 | 1 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index10
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1515 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| AA Coding Index | 66.0 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 87.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 68.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 47.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 13.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 61.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SciCode | 49.5% | 47.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 50.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1189.4 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1514 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1512 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 29.5 | 24.1 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.0 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 22.5 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1208 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1191 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1155 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1159 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1187 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1161 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1158 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1197 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 47.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 15.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 25.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 57.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 94.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 92.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 40.5% | 25.8% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 90.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SimpleBench | 70.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Chess puzzles | 26.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 32.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| EBR-bench | 9.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 95.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 64.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 34.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| ProofBench | 26.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 89.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 84.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 63.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 75.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 38.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 55.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1274 | 1159 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1270 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1265 | 1109 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1275 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1266 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1275 | 1150 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1217 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1211 | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 79.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| IFBench | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.0% | 83.3% | Solar Mini 4 |
| DTBench | 92.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LMCA | 44.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3.7 Max 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 | Qwen3.7 Max | 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 | Qwen3.7 Max | Upstage Solar Mini 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Upstage |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | May 21, 2026 | September 23, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.475 | $0.05 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.425 | $0.20 |
| Coding index | 54.1 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $4.69 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Qwen3.7 Max better than Solar Mini 4 for coding?
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a coding score, 54.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Solar Mini 4 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Solar Mini 4 for output tokens 22.1x cheaper ($0.20 vs $4.425 per million) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Max or Solar Mini 4?
Qwen3.7 Max costs $1.475 per million input tokens and $4.425 per million output tokens; Solar Mini 4 costs $0.05 and $0.20. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.7 Max only.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.7 Max or Solar Mini 4?
Qwen3.7 Max, with 1M tokens against 524K.
How many benchmarks is the Qwen3.7 Max vs Solar Mini 4 comparison based on?
7 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Qwen3.7 Max's coding index rests on 3 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.