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Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B vs Solar Pro 4

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (Qwen) and Solar Pro 4 (Upstage) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 15 September 2026

As of 15 September 2026, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#98 vs #101); Solar Pro 4 is 2.8× cheaper per output token ($0.36/1M vs $1.00/1M); Solar Pro 4 offers the longer context window (524K vs 262K tokens); and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #98 against #101 (46.9 vs 44.3 points).
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B ships open weights while Solar Pro 4 is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 1.
  • Arena coding is your yardstick — 1458 against 1449.

Choose Solar Pro 4 if…

  • API cost matters — $0.36/1M output tokens against $1.00/1M, about 2.8× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.09/1M against $0.30/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 524K tokens against 262K.
  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 29.2% against 4.5%.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Solar Pro 4 was listed 10 August 2026, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 23 July 2025.

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B vs Solar Pro 4: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B and Solar Pro 4
FieldQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenSolar Pro 4Upstage
ModelCap Index position#98#101
Index score46.944.3
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.30$0.09
Output price / 1M tokens$1.00$0.36
Context window262K tokens524K tokens
Max output tokens66K131K
API providers listed51
Weight accessOpen weightsAPI only
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed23 July 202510 August 2026
PublisherQwenUpstage

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B vs Solar Pro 4

Public benchmark boards where Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B or Solar Pro 4 has a published result
BoardQwen3 Coder 480B A35BSolar Pro 4Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14581449–146714491426–1472Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
SWE-benchSWE-bench (Princeton / SWE-agent team)55.4%—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis43.6%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct":reasoning=false—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis4.5%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct":reasoning=false29.2%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Solar Pro 4":reasoning=trueSolar Pro 4

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B vs Solar Pro 4: common questions

Is Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B better than Solar Pro 4?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 15 September 2026: #98 against #101. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B cheaper than Solar Pro 4?

Solar Pro 4 is cheaper on output tokens: $0.36/1M against $1.00/1M. Input tokens are $0.30/1M for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B and $0.09/1M for Solar Pro 4. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $1.10 for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B versus $0.36 for Solar Pro 4. Solar Pro 4 costs 67.3% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B or Solar Pro 4?

Solar Pro 4 has the larger context window: 524K tokens against 262K.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B or Solar Pro 4?

Arena coding: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 1458, Solar Pro 4 1449 — Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B leads.

Are Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B and Solar Pro 4 open-weight models?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: Open weights. Solar Pro 4: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B and Solar Pro 4?

ModelCap currently lists 5 API providers for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B and 1 for Solar Pro 4, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B vs Solar Pro 4 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 15 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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