Granite 4 H Medium vs Solar Pro 3
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by IBM
|
by Upstage
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current mid tier Open weights | Current mid tier |
| Released | Oct 19, 2025 | Jan 26, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.150/Mtok | $0.150/Mtok |
| Output | $0.600/Mtok | $0.600/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.262/Mtok | $0.262/Mtok |
| Cached input | — | $0.015/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 128K tokens | 131K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | 102B (12B active) |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: IBM model card / Artificial Analysis | ||
| GPQA Diamond | 35 vendor | — |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 15 vendor | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 7 vendor | — |
| ARC-AGI 2 | 5 vendor | — |
| AIME 2025 | 28 vendor | — |
| MMMLU | 68 vendor | — |
| BFCL | 48 vendor | — |
| HumanEval | 72 vendor | — |
| MATH 500 | 50 vendor | — |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | — | 14.5 |
| AA Agentic Index | — | 2.9 |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | — | -53.4 |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
IBM — $0.150/$0.600/Mtok
|
Upstage — $0.150/$0.600/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Granite 4 H Medium | Solar Pro 3 | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.26 | $0.26 | $0 (0%) |
| 10M tokens | $2.62 | $2.62 | $0 (0%) |
| 100M tokens | $26.25 | $26.25 | $0 (0%) |
| 1000M tokens | $262.5 | $262.5 | $0 (0%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above
Pick Granite 4 H Medium if…
- you want open weights — self-host it, fine-tune it, or exit the API entirely; Solar Pro 3 is closed
Pick Solar Pro 3 if…
- your workload re-reads context (agents, RAG, long chats): cached input costs $0.015/Mtok — 90% off its list input price, a discount Granite 4 H Medium doesn't offer
Try Granite 4 H Medium on IBM
The cheaper option here — Granite 4 H Medium costs $0.262/Mtok blended on IBM.
Summary
Granite 4 H Medium by IBM costs $0.150/Mtok input and $0.600/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text input.
Solar Pro 3 by Upstage costs $0.150/Mtok input and $0.600/Mtok output, with a 131K-token context window. It supports text input.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.
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