Solar Pro 3
By Upstage · released 2026-04-06 (6 months) · snapshot 2026-10-24
- Intelligence index
- 7.80
- Cost to run the AA index
- $159
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $0.15 / $0.60
- End-to-end time
- 18.9s
Is Solar Pro 3 on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
Off the frontier
No. Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) is at least as smart for the same money or less.
Next step up: MiMo-V2.6-Pro, smarter but dearer.
| # | Model | Creator | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E total | Open | Released | Frontier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar Pro 3 | Upstage | 7.80 | $159 | 18.9s | 2026-04-06 | ||
| 2 | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) | Anthropic | 41.20 | $158 | 59.8s | 2026-10-07 | Frontier | |
| 3 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Xiaomi | 46.30 | $207 | 48.3s | 2026-09-21 | Frontier |
Open in the picker Daily check URL: 200 on the frontier, 409 once beaten
Solar Pro 3 today
Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: solar-pro-3.
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
What the Solar Pro 3 release did to the frontier on 2026-04-06
None of its 1 effort levels reached the frontier at launch.
Closest miss: Solar Pro 3, 1.1 points below Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) at 10.8× the cost.
Should you use Solar Pro 3?
Should you use Solar Pro 3?
Only when it fits your setup: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) is at least as smart for the same money or less, so Solar Pro 3 is off the value frontier today.
What is better and cheaper than Solar Pro 3?
Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) — at least as smart for the same money or less.
How much does Solar Pro 3 cost?
$0.15/$0.60 in/out per 1M tokens, and $159 to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.
Is Solar Pro 3 on the Pareto frontier?
No: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) beats it on intelligence, cost, or both.
Frontier membership by axis pair
Other axis pairs where Solar Pro 3 is Pareto-optimal.
| Y axis | X axis | On the frontier |
|---|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | AA total cost to run (USD) | |
| AA intelligence index | End-to-end total seconds | |
| AA intelligence index | Output speed tokens/sec |
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