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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Solar Pro 2 vs Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B

Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B comes out ahead, 59 to 52 on our weighted score, though Solar Pro 2 is 29% cheaper per token.

  1. Upstage

    Solar Pro 2

    Released May 20, 2025

    52/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.25 / $0.25
    • Context66K
    Full specs Remove Solar Pro 2
  2. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B

    Released Apr 2025

    59/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.20 / $0.80
    • Context131K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B

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01 — Verdict

Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B is our pick

Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B is the better all-round choice, scoring 59/100 against Solar Pro 2 (52). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Solar Pro 2 wins on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. 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 · Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B $0.35 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3-VL 30B-A3BQwen3-VL 30B-A3B 131,072 · Solar Pro 2 65,536 tokens
  • Widest inputsQwen3-VL 30B-A3BSolar Pro 2: Text · Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B: Text, Images
  • Self-hostingQwen3-VL 30B-A3BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightSolar Pro 2Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B
Price50%7872
Inputs & features30%3560
Context window20%1224
Overall100%52/10059/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. 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.

Solar Pro 2 vs Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B specifications side by side
SpecificationSolar Pro 2UpstageQwen3-VL 30B-A3BAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.25$0.20 (best)
Output$0.25 (best)$0.80
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.25 (best)$0.35
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Upstage APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window65,536 tokens131,072 tokens (best)
Max output8,192 tokens32,768 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYesminimal · highYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpen
API model IDsolar-pro2qwen3-vl-30b-a3b
API providers2 (best)1
ReleasedMay 20, 2025Apr 2025
Knowledge cutoffMar 2025Apr 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Solar Pro 2$3.00
  • Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B$3.60
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Solar Pro 2 or Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B?

Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B is the better all-round choice, scoring 59/100 against Solar Pro 2 (52). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Solar Pro 2 wins on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Solar Pro 2 or Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B?

Solar Pro 2 is cheaper at $0.25 input / $0.25 output per million tokens (official Upstage API price). Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B costs $0.20 input / $0.80 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.25 per million tokens for Solar Pro 2 versus $0.35 for Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B (1.4× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Solar Pro 2 has not been scored yet and Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Solar Pro 2 and Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B has the largest context window at 131,072 tokens, against 65,536 for Solar Pro 2. Maximum output per response: Solar Pro 2 up to 8,192, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B up to 32,768 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Solar Pro 2 accepts text; Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B accepts text and images. Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Solar Pro 2 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Solar Pro 2 is the newest, released May 20, 2025. Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B came out Apr 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Solar Pro 2 Mar 2025, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B Apr 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 Oct 4, 2026.

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