Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Upstage: Solar Pro 4 benchmark

Name: Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Upstage: Solar Pro 4 AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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This page compares Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Anthropic) and Upstage: Solar Pro 4 (upstage) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Upstage: Solar Pro 4 wins on output price at $0.12/1M. Upstage: Solar Pro 4 has the larger context window (524k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Anthropic

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

2024 workhorse. Still a high-intent compare against GPT-4o.

Elo 1,280$15/1M out

upstage

Upstage: Solar Pro 4

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$0.12/1M out

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Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (6)vsUpstage: Solar Pro 4 (3)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 6W (67%)Overall: Claude 3.5 SonnetUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 3W (33%)

← Claude 3.5 SonnetUpstage: Solar Pro 4 →

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,280vs—

Coding Elo

—vs—

SWE-bench

49%vs—

LiveBench

52.1%vs—

GPQA Diamond

65%vs—

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 4WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 0W

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

80 tok/svs—

Time to first token

280 msvs—

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 2WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 0W

Upstage: Solar Pro 4 (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$15/1Mvs$0.12/1M

Input price

$3/1Mvs$0.03/1M

Context window

200kvs524k

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 0WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 3W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageClaude 3.5 Sonnet 4/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Token Price Efficiency

Upstage: Solar Pro 4

$14.88/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,280

EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

52.1%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

49%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

65%

GPQAHigh is better

—

TTFT

Low is better

280 ms

TTFTLow is better

—

Speed

High is better

80 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

—

In $

Low is better

$3.00 / 1M

In $Low is better

$0.03 / 1M+9900%

Out $

Low is better

$15.00 / 1M

Out $Low is better

$0.12 / 1M+12400%

Context

High is better

200k

ContextHigh is better

524k+162%

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Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 99% with Upstage: Solar Pro 4

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet$330.00 / mo

In: $105Out: $225

Upstage: Solar Pro 4$2.85 / mo

In: $1.05Out: $1.8

Estimated Cost Delta

Upstage: Solar Pro 4 is estimated to save $327.15/month ($3,926/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Upstage: Solar Pro 4:Pick Upstage: Solar Pro 4 when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatUpstage: Solar Pro 4

Lower output list price ($0.12/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGUpstage: Solar Pro 4

Larger window (524k).

Screenshots / visionClaude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Upstage: Solar Pro 4	Lower output list price ($0.12/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Upstage: Solar Pro 4	Larger window (524k).
Screenshots / vision	Claude 3.5 Sonnet	Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Anthropic

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Elo 1,280

LiveBench52.1%

SWE-bench49%

Speed80 tok/s

Output cost$15/1M

upstage

Upstage: Solar Pro 4

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$0.12/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Upstage: Solar Pro 4?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Upstage: Solar Pro 4?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Upstage: Solar Pro 4 output tokens are $0.12/1M versus $15/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Upstage: Solar Pro 4?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Upstage: Solar Pro 4 accepts 524k tokens versus 200k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Upstage: Solar Pro 4 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Upstage: Solar Pro 4 benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (6)vsUpstage: Solar Pro 4 (3)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 6W (67%)Overall: Claude 3.5 SonnetUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 3W (33%)

← Claude 3.5 SonnetUpstage: Solar Pro 4 →

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,280vs—

Coding Elo

—vs—

SWE-bench

49%vs—

LiveBench

52.1%vs—

GPQA Diamond

65%vs—

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 4WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 0W

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

80 tok/svs—

Time to first token

280 msvs—

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 2WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 0W

Upstage: Solar Pro 4 (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$15/1Mvs$0.12/1M

Input price

$3/1Mvs$0.03/1M

Context window

200kvs524k

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 0WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 3W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatUpstage: Solar Pro 4

Lower output list price ($0.12/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGUpstage: Solar Pro 4

Larger window (524k).

Screenshots / visionClaude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Upstage: Solar Pro 4	Lower output list price ($0.12/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Upstage: Solar Pro 4	Larger window (524k).
Screenshots / vision	Claude 3.5 Sonnet	Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Upstage: Solar Pro 4?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Upstage: Solar Pro 4?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Upstage: Solar Pro 4 output tokens are $0.12/1M versus $15/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Upstage: Solar Pro 4?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Upstage: Solar Pro 4 accepts 524k tokens versus 200k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Upstage: Solar Pro 4 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.