Model Comparison

Qwen3 Coder Next
vs. Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Reasoning)

Comparing 2 AI models · 11 benchmarks · Alibaba, Upstage

Recommended Pick

Alibaba logo Qwen3 Coder Next 5 metric wins

Strongest on: Throughput, Intelligence, GPQA

Lowest Price

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Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Reasoning)

$0.00/1M input price

Best Reasoning

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Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Reasoning)

47.7 reasoning score

Blends available reasoning benchmarks

Best for Coding

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Qwen3 Coder Next

22.9 coding index

Composite Indices

Higher is better; speed and price are normalized

Standard Benchmarks

Only benchmarks with data are shown

Differences That Matter

Price gap

Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Reasoning) is ∞x cheaper on input tokens than Qwen3 Coder Next.

Reasoning gap

Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Reasoning) leads Qwen3 Coder Next by 10.6 points on reasoning.

Top-pick rationale

Qwen3 Coder Next wins 5 measurable categories, including Throughput, Intelligence, GPQA, HLE.

Live compare

Response Face-Off

Run one prompt through the selected models and compare response quality with live speed and cost context.

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Qwen3 Coder Next

Alibaba

Waiting

TTFT

Time

tok/s

Tokens

Cost

Waiting
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Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Reasoning)

Upstage

Waiting

TTFT

Time

tok/s

Tokens

Cost

Waiting

Which answer was more useful?

AI Chat

Chat with 80+ models

Inference API

EU-hosted inference

Full Comparison

Metric
Top Pick
Alibaba logo Qwen3 Coder Next
Alibaba
Upstage logo Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Reasoning)
Upstage
Pricing per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.35/1M$0.00/1M
Output Cost $1.20/1M$0.00/1M
Blended (3:1) $0.56/1M
Specifications
Organization AlibabaUpstage
Release Date Feb 3, 2026May 20, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput 80.6 tok/s
TTFT 1173ms
Latency 1173ms
Composite Indices
Value Score 100.0
Reasoning Score 37.147.7
Intelligence 28.318.8
Coding 22.9
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA 73.7%57.8%
MMLU Pro 76.8%
HLE 9.3%5.7%
LiveCodeBench 46.2%
MATH 500 90.0%
AIME (Original) 66.3%
SciCode 32.3%16.4%
LCR 40.0%
IFBench 35.2%
TAU-bench v2 79.5%
TerminalBench Hard 18.2%

Key Takeaways

Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Reasoning) offers the best value at $0.00/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Reasoning) has the strongest reasoning profile with a 47.7 reasoning score, combining the available reasoning-heavy benchmarks.

Qwen3 Coder Next reaches a 22.9 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Qwen3 Coder Next

  • Code generation
  • Software development
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Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Reasoning)

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis