Solar Pro 4 vs Granite 4 H Medium
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
Solar Pro 4 is 80% cheaper on blended cost ($0.052 vs $0.262/Mtok)
| Specification |
Solar Pro 4Intro price
by Upstage
|
by IBM
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current mid tier | Current mid tier Open weights |
| Released | Aug 11, 2026 | Oct 19, 2025 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.030/Mtok | $0.150/Mtok |
| Output | $0.120/Mtok | $0.600/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.052/Mtok | $0.262/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.006/Mtok | — |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 524K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: public leaderboards / IBM model card | ||
| 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 |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Upstage — $0.030/$0.120/Mtok
|
IBM — $0.150/$0.600/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Solar Pro 4 | Granite 4 H Medium | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.05 | $0.26 | $0.21 (80%) |
| 10M tokens | $0.53 | $2.62 | $2.1 (80%) |
| 100M tokens | $5.25 | $26.25 | $21 (80%) |
| 1000M tokens | $52.5 | $262.5 | $210 (80%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above
Pick Solar Pro 4 if…
- cost dominates: $0.052/Mtok blended vs $0.262 — 80% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- your workload re-reads context (agents, RAG, long chats): cached input costs $0.006/Mtok — 80% off its list input price, a discount Granite 4 H Medium doesn't offer
- you need the longer context: 524K tokens vs 128K (4.1×)
Pick Granite 4 H Medium if…
- you want open weights — self-host it, fine-tune it, or exit the API entirely; Solar Pro 4 is closed
Summary
Solar Pro 4 by Upstage costs $0.030/Mtok input and $0.120/Mtok output, with a 524K-token context window. It supports text input.
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.
On a blended cost basis, Solar Pro 4 is 80% cheaper than Granite 4 H Medium.It also has a larger context window.
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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