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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 vs Saba vs Solar Pro 2

Solar Pro 2 comes out ahead, 26 to 21 and 15 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Mistral AI

    Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3

    Released May 22, 2024

    15/100
    • ECI109.0
    • Price—
    • Context33K
    Full specs Remove Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3

  2. Mistral AI

    Saba

    Released Feb 17, 2025

    21/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.20 / $0.60
    • Context33K
    Full specs Remove Saba
  3. Our pick

    Upstage

    Solar Pro 2

    Released May 20, 2025

    26/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.25 / $0.25
    • Context66K
    Full specs Remove Solar Pro 2
01 — Verdict

Solar Pro 2 is our pick

Solar Pro 2 is the better all-round choice, scoring 26/100 against Saba (21) and Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 (15). It leads on context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceSolar Pro 2Solar Pro 2 $0.25 · Saba $0.30 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 unpriced
  • Longest contextSolar Pro 2Solar Pro 2 65,536 · Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 32,768 · Saba 32,768 tokens
  • Widest inputsSabaMistral 7B Instruct v0.3: Text · Saba: Text, PDFs · Solar Pro 2: Text
  • Self-hostingMistral 7B Instruct v0.3Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMistral 7B Instruct v0.3SabaSolar Pro 2
Inputs & features60%253535
Context window40%0012
Overall100%15/10021/10026/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 vs Saba vs Solar Pro 2 specifications side by side
SpecificationMistral 7B Instruct v0.3Mistral AISabaMistral AISolar Pro 2Upstage
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)109.0——
ECI rank#164 of 165——
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions15.2%——
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics0.3%——
Price per million tokens
Input—$0.20 (best)$0.25
Output—$0.60$0.25 (best)
Cached input———
Blended (3:1)—$0.30$0.25 (best)
Long-context rate—Same rateSame rate
Price source—Median of 4 providersOfficial Upstage API
Limits
Context window32,768 tokens32,768 tokens65,536 tokens (best)
Max output32,768 tokens (best)26,214 tokens8,192 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoNoNo
PDFsNoYesNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoNo
ReasoningNoNoYesminimal · high
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenApache 2.0ProprietaryProprietary
API model ID——solar-pro2
API providers14 (best)2
ReleasedMay 22, 2024Feb 17, 2025May 20, 2025
Knowledge cutoff—Sep 30, 2024Mar 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3—
  • Saba$3.20
  • Solar Pro 2$3.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3, Saba or Solar Pro 2?

Solar Pro 2 is the better all-round choice, scoring 26/100 against Saba (21) and Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 (15). It leads on context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3, Saba or Solar Pro 2?

Solar Pro 2 is cheaper at $0.25 input / $0.25 output per million tokens (official Upstage API price). Saba costs $0.20 input / $0.60 output per million tokens (median across 4 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.25 per million tokens for Solar Pro 2 versus $0.30 for Saba (1.2× as much). Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 has no published per-token price.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 has an ECI of 109.0, Saba has not been scored yet and Solar Pro 2 has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3, Saba and Solar Pro 2 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Solar Pro 2 has the largest context window at 65,536 tokens, against 32,768 for Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 and 32,768 for Saba. Maximum output per response: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 up to 32,768, Saba up to 26,214, Solar Pro 2 up to 8,192 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 accepts text; Saba accepts text and PDFs; Solar Pro 2 accepts text. Saba handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Saba and Solar Pro 2 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Solar Pro 2 is the newest, released May 20, 2025. Saba came out Feb 17, 2025; Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 came out May 22, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Saba Sep 30, 2024, Solar Pro 2 Mar 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.

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