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Parse vs Solar Pro 4

Comparing Parse and Solar Pro 4 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Cohere · Upstage · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Parse and Solar Pro 4 trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Solar Pro 4 also accepts a larger context window (524,288 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Parse

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Solar Pro 4

  • you process long inputs — it offers a 524,288 token context window

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Parse
Cohere
Solar Pro 4
Upstage
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.20 / M
Context window
8,192
524,288

Individual benchmarks

1 reported for Parse · 9 for Solar Pro 4

No common benchmarks found

Parse and Solar Pro 4don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Solar Pro 4 accepts 524,288 input tokens compared to Parse's 8,192 tokens. Only Solar Pro 4 specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Cohere
Parse
Input8,192 tokens
Output- tokens
Upstage
Solar Pro 4
Input524,288 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Sat Sep 05 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Parse supports multimodal inputs, whereas Solar Pro 4 does not.

Parse can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Parse

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Solar Pro 4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Parse

Proprietary

Closed source

Solar Pro 4

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Parse was released on 2026-08-27, while Solar Pro 4 was released on 2026-08-06.

Parse is 1 month newer than Solar Pro 4.

Parse

Aug 27, 2026

1 weeks ago

3w newer
Solar Pro 4

Aug 6, 2026

1 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Parse is available from Azure, Cohere. Solar Pro 4 is available from Upstage.

Parse

azure logo
Azure
cohere logo
Cohere

Solar Pro 4

upstage logo
Unknown Organization
Input Price:Input: $0.30/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.20/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Parse and Solar Pro 4 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Parse
✓ Preferred
Solar Pro 4
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FAQ

Common questions about Parse vs Solar Pro 4.

Which is better, Parse or Solar Pro 4?

Parse (Cohere) and Solar Pro 4 (Upstage) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Parse compare to Solar Pro 4 in benchmarks?

Parse scores ParseBench: 79.2%. Solar Pro 4 scores AIME 2026: 95.3%, GPQA: 89.0%, LiveCodeBench: 87.8%, MMLU-Pro: 86.3%, AA-LCR: 71.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Parse and Solar Pro 4?

Parse supports 8K tokens and Solar Pro 4 supports 524K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Parse and Solar Pro 4?

Key differences include context window (8K vs 524K), multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Parse and Solar Pro 4?

Parse is developed by Cohere and Solar Pro 4 is developed by Upstage.

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