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  3. GPT-4.5 Orion vs Upstage: Solar Pro 4
Independent ReportPairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026
noindex (thin pair)
GPT-4.5 Orion(OpenAI)
vs
Upstage: Solar Pro 4(upstage)

GPT-4.5 Orion vs Upstage: Solar Pro 4 benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Upstage: Solar Pro 4 is more budget-friendly at $0.12/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose GPT-4.5 Orion if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose Upstage: Solar Pro 4 if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Executive Verdict Summary

Upstage: Solar Pro 4 holds empirical advantage (3 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench
GPT-4.5 OrionTop code solve rate
ReasoningGPQA / Live
GPT-4.5 OrionTop logical accuracy
Best Value$/1M Tok
Upstage: Solar Pro 4Lowest API billing cost
Speed / TokTok/Sec
GPT-4.5 OrionFastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

GPT-4.5 Orion (0)Upstage: Solar Pro 4 (3)
GPT-4.5 Orion
0 of 3 Wins
Competitive baseline across remaining benchmarks
Upstage: Solar Pro 4
3 of 3 Wins
✓Input price✓Output price✓Context window
OpenAI
GPT-4.5 Orion

OpenAI largest dense non-reasoning model with expansive world knowledge and reduced hallucinations.

Elo 1,540In: $75 · Out: $150/1M
upstage
Leads 3 of 3
Upstage: Solar Pro 4

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (upstage/solar-pro4). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.03 · Out: $0.12/1M
Top Rival Showdowns for GPT-4.5 Orion
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Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Provs Qwen 3 Max
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderUpstage: Solar Pro 4 Wins

Upstage: Solar Pro 4

$0.12 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

GPT-4.5 Orion (7)vsUpstage: Solar Pro 4 (3)
GPT-4.5 Orion: 7W (70%)Overall: GPT-4.5 OrionUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 3W (30%)
← GPT-4.5 OrionUpstage: Solar Pro 4 →
🏆GPT-4.5 Orion Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Benchmark
GPT-4.5 OrionvsUpstage: Solar Pro 4
Preference Elo
1,540vs—
Coding Elo
1,520vs—
SWE-bench
71%vs—
LiveBench
68.5%vs—
GPQA Diamond
84%vs—
GPT-4.5 Orion: 5WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 0W
🏆GPT-4.5 Orion Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
GPT-4.5 OrionvsUpstage: Solar Pro 4
Output speed
60 tok/svs—
Time to first token
350 msvs—
GPT-4.5 Orion: 2WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 0W
🏆Upstage: Solar Pro 4 Leads(3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
GPT-4.5 OrionvsUpstage: Solar Pro 4
Output price
$150/1Mvs$0.12/1M+$149.88/1M
Input price
$75/1Mvs$0.03/1M+$74.97/1M
Context window
128kvs524k+396k
GPT-4.5 Orion: 0WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 3W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

GPT-4.5 OrionUpstage: Solar Pro 4
Preference Elo
GPT-4.5 Orion1,540
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
Coding Elo
GPT-4.5 Orion1,520
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
LiveBench
GPT-4.5 Orion68.5%
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
SWE-bench
GPT-4.5 Orion71%
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
GPQA Diamond
GPT-4.5 Orion84%
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
Time to first token
GPT-4.5 Orion350 ms
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
Output speed
GPT-4.5 Orion60 tok/s
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
Input priceUpstage: Solar Pro 4 +$74.97/1M
GPT-4.5 Orion$75/1M
Upstage: Solar Pro 4$0.03/1M
Output priceUpstage: Solar Pro 4 +$149.88/1M
GPT-4.5 Orion$150/1M
Upstage: Solar Pro 4$0.12/1M
Context windowUpstage: Solar Pro 4 +396k
GPT-4.5 Orion128k
Upstage: Solar Pro 4524k
BenchmarkGPT-4.5 OrionUpstage: Solar Pro 4Advantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,540
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
Coding Elo
1,520
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
LiveBench
68.5%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
SWE-bench
71%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
GPQA Diamond
84%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Time to first token
350 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Output speed
60 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Input price
$75/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.03/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$74.97/1M
Output price
$150/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.12/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$149.88/1M
Context window
128k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
524k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+396k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

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

Save 100% with Upstage: Solar Pro 4
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
GPT-4.5 Orion$4,875.00 / mo
In: $2,625Out: $2,250
Upstage: Solar Pro 4$2.85 / mo
In: $1.05Out: $1.8
Estimated Cost Delta

Upstage: Solar Pro 4 is estimated to save $4,872.15/month ($58,466/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 / visionGPT-4.5 Orion

GPT-4.5 Orion is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatUpstage: Solar Pro 4Lower output list price ($0.12/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGUpstage: Solar Pro 4Larger window (524k).
Screenshots / visionGPT-4.5 OrionGPT-4.5 Orion is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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GPT-4.5 Orion

Elo 1,540
SWE-bench71%
Speed (tok/s)60 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$75/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$150/1M
upstage

Upstage: Solar Pro 4

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)524k
Input / 1M Tokens$0.03/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0.12/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, GPT-4.5 Orion 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, GPT-4.5 Orion 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 $150/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, GPT-4.5 Orion 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 128k.
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. GPT-4.5 Orion and Upstage: Solar Pro 4 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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