Model comparison
Grok 4.6 vs Upstage Solar Pro 4
xAI against Upstage, compared on context, price, and verified benchmark results.
Catalog record checked September 3, 2026Individual provider fields may changeEvidence confidence: High — see receipts below
xAI
Grok 4.6
Frontier
Upstage
Upstage Solar Pro 4
Frontier
| Specification | Grok 4.6 | Upstage Solar Pro 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Upstage |
| Tier | Frontier | Frontier |
| Context window | 500K | Winner: 524K |
| Max output | 131K | Not verifiedUnverified |
| Input / 1M tokens | $2 | Winner: $0.30 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $6 | Winner: $1.20 |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Parameters | Not disclosedUnverified | Not disclosedUnverified |
| Reasoning levels | low, medium, high, xhigh | low, medium, high |
| Modalities | text, image | text |
| API model id | grok-4.6 | solar-pro-4 |
| Released | August 12, 2026 | August 10, 2026 |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index [high] (2026-08-14) | 61 | Not verifiedUnverified |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (2026-08-14) | Not verifiedUnverified | 50 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (2026-08-18) | 88 | Not verifiedUnverified |
| GPQA Diamond (2026-08-18) | 94.9 | Not verifiedUnverified |
Prices are USD per million tokens at standard rates, excluding batch and caching discounts. Bold indicates the better figure where one is objectively better. Values we could not confirm from the provider are shown as “Not verified” rather than estimated.
Benchmark receipts
- 2026-08-18: Artificial Analysis measurement (independent; tied 1st with Gemini 3.7 Flash high)Agentic terminal work: multi-step tasks executed in a sandboxed shell environment. Comparability: comparable with caveat — Scores across Terminal-Bench major versions (v1 vs v2) are NOT comparable; harness configuration (container, time limits) also shifts results.
- 2026-08-14: Artificial AnalysisComposite index blending reasoning, knowledge, and coding evals into one 0–100 score. Comparability: directly comparable — AA occasionally rebaselines the index scale between snapshots — a score captured on one date is only comparable to same-snapshot scores (check measuredAt).
Pricing tiers: Grok 4.6: $2/$6 per MTok (<200K prompt); $4/$12 (≥200K). Cached input $0.50/MTok. Knowledge cutoff Feb 1 2026. · Upstage Solar Pro 4: List $0.30/$1.20 per MTok; live promo rate is $0.03/$0.12 (90% off through 2026-09-10). Closed API. 524K context.
Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 is xAI's current flagship coding model, strong on LMArena WebDev.
Best for
- Coding agents
- Chat and knowledge
- Cost-sensitive frontier work
Watch out
Token rates double above a 200K-token prompt.
Upstage Solar Pro 4
Solar Pro 4 is Upstage's closed flagship with a 524K context at a low launch price.
Best for
- Long-context
- Cost-sensitive API
- Korean + English
Watch out
Closed API; promo pricing may end.
When the cheaper one wins
Upstage Solar Pro 4 is cheaper on output at $1.20 per million tokens against $6 for Grok 4.6 — about 5.0×. Use the cheaper tier for classification, extraction, summarisation, and any task where the expensive model’s extra score does not change the accepted output. The expensive one only pays if your hardest task actually fails on the cheap tier. These are standard-tier API rates, excluding batch and cache discounts.
Run the model pickerEvidence confidence: High
How strong and complete the evidence behind this comparison is — not a prediction of which model is better.
- Pricing verified on both sides — Input and output rates are verified for both models.
- 3/5 core specs verified on both sides — Not published for at least one side: max output, parameter count.
- 1 shared named benchmark with differing scores — Measured on: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
- Verified within the last 90 days — Newest catalog check was 8 days ago.
- Both models carry source citations — Each side has at least two catalog sources on record.
Source receipts
Each catalog figure was checked against the provider or an independent second source on the date shown.
- Grok 4.6: xAI — Grok 4.6 (accessed 2026-08-29)
- Grok 4.6: xAI pricing (grok-4.6 $2/$6, 500K) (accessed 2026-08-29)
- Upstage Solar Pro 4: Upstage — Solar Pro 4 (accessed 2026-08-29)
- Upstage Solar Pro 4: Upstage (accessed 2026-08-29)
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Common questions
Grok 4.6 vs Upstage Solar Pro 4
Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.
Is Grok 4.6 or Upstage Solar Pro 4 cheaper for input?
Upstage Solar Pro 4 is cheaper at $0.30 per million input tokens, against $2 for Grok 4.6 — roughly 6.7× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. These are base rates; Grok 4.6 has tiered pricing: $2/$6 per MTok (<200K prompt); $4/$12 (≥200K). Cached input $0.50/MTok. Knowledge cutoff Feb 1 2026. Upstage Solar Pro 4 has tiered pricing: List $0.30/$1.20 per MTok; live promo rate is $0.03/$0.12 (90% off through 2026-09-10). Closed API. 524K context.
Is Grok 4.6 or Upstage Solar Pro 4 cheaper for output?
Upstage Solar Pro 4 is cheaper at $1.20 per million output tokens, against $6 for Grok 4.6 — roughly 5.0× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. These are base rates; Grok 4.6 has tiered pricing: $2/$6 per MTok (<200K prompt); $4/$12 (≥200K). Cached input $0.50/MTok. Knowledge cutoff Feb 1 2026. Upstage Solar Pro 4 has tiered pricing: List $0.30/$1.20 per MTok; live promo rate is $0.03/$0.12 (90% off through 2026-09-10). Closed API. 524K context.
Which has the larger context window, Grok 4.6 or Upstage Solar Pro 4?
Upstage Solar Pro 4 accepts 524K tokens against 500K for Grok 4.6. This only matters if you routinely send very long documents or large codebases.
Do Grok 4.6 and Upstage Solar Pro 4 support the same reasoning levels?
Grok 4.6 exposes low, medium, high, xhigh, while Upstage Solar Pro 4 exposes low, medium, high.
Should I use Grok 4.6 or Upstage Solar Pro 4?
Both sit in the frontier tier, so the choice usually comes down to price and context rather than capability. Grok 4.6 suits coding agents; Upstage Solar Pro 4 suits long-context.
Next step
Choosing between them
The verified figures that separate this pair, computed from the catalog rather than restated boilerplate.
- Input price: Upstage Solar Pro 4 costs $0.30 per 1M tokens versus $2 for Grok 4.6 — a 6.7x difference at the headline tier.
- Context: Upstage Solar Pro 4 takes 524K against 500K for Grok 4.6 — only decisive if your prompts approach the smaller window.
- Measured capability: Grok 4.6 leads Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 61 to 50 (measured 2026-08-14).
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