| Provider | Upstage |
|---|---|
| Model ID | upstage/solar-mini4 |
| Prompt Price per 1M tokens | $0.05 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $0.2 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $0.15 |
| Context Window | 524.29K |
| Release Date |
NewSolar Mini 4
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Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens
Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output
Budget brief
Solar Mini 4 is estimated at $0.15 for the standard workload.
Solar Mini 4 is best suited for cost-sensitive production traffic. A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $0.15.
Input price$0.05per 1M tokens
Output price$0.2per 1M tokens
Context window524.29Kreported maximum
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| 🔥Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | NVIDIA | $0 | 1M | Lower standard workload estimate from another provider. | Open model Compare |
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| Nex-N2.5-Mini (free) | Nex AGI | $0 | 262.14K | Lower standard workload estimate from another provider. | Open model Compare |
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Solar Mini 4 is Upstage's compact, cost-efficient language model, a 35B-parameter mixture-of-experts with 3B active parameters and a 524K context window. It is built for agentic use cases where response...
Solar Mini 4 is best suited for cost-sensitive production traffic.
A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $0.15.
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