Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct vs Solar Pro 4
Solar Pro 4 leads Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 28.2 to 9.9, and Solar Pro 4 costs 3.2x less per output token ($0.60 vs $1.90 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 32 benchmarks have a result for both.
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct or Solar Pro 4: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct for work measured by AA Intelligence Index or GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 32
- Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct only
- 17
- Solar Pro 4 only
- 13
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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 9.9.
Same board, both measured
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 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Solar Pro 4
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct $0.0012, Solar Pro 4 $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct not benchmarked, Solar Pro 4 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Intelligence, 18.3 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: Polish: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 1419 against Solar Pro 4 1304, 19.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct $1.90 against Solar Pro 4 $0.60 per million output tokens, 3.2x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Bars | Solar Pro 4 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 2 | ||
| Math | 1 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 17 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 27 | 5 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 64.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 48.0% | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 11.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 179.3 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1438 | 1438 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1442 | 1431 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| 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 33 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.9 | 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 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1105 | Only Solar Pro 4 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 54.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 77.2% | 89.1% | Solar Pro 4 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 11.9% | 29.8% | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1428 | 1400 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1442 | 1428 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1439 | 1427 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1255 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1277 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 88.3 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 88.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1425 | 1421 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1419 | 1427 | Solar Pro 4 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 83.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1444 | 1404 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1431 | 1374 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1438 | 1383 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1433 | 1381 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B 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 | 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 index171
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Solar Pro 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 56.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 63.7% | 70.7% | Solar Pro 4 |
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1388 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1406 | 1375 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1366 | 1317 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Vision | 1247 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1429 | 1414 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1405 | 1363 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1463 | 1422 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: German | 1424 | 1358 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1385 | 1320 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1394 | 1383 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: French | 1452 | 1400 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1428 | 1409 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1408 | 1357 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1419 | 1304 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1428 | 1385 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1419 | 1382 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1392 | 1344 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1368 | 1332 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1256 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1283 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1253 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1209 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1281 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1249 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1220 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | 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 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Upstage Solar Pro 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Upstage |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | September 23, 2025 | August 10, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.21 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.90 | $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 Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct better than Solar Pro 4 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct for work measured by AA Intelligence Index or GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct or Solar Pro 4?
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs $0.21 per million input tokens and $1.90 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, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct or Solar Pro 4?
Solar Pro 4, with 524K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct vs Solar Pro 4 comparison based on?
32 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct's coding index rests on 0 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.