AI model comparison
Solar Mini 4 vs Ling 3.0 Flash VL
Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.
Upstage
Solar Mini 4
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.
- Input / 1M
- $0.05
- Output / 1M
- $0.20
- Context
- 524K
inclusionAI
Ling 3.0 Flash VL
Ling 3.0 Flash VL builds on Ling 3.0 Flash (124B total / 5.5B active MoE from InclusionAI), further strengthening its language capabilities while adding native visual perception and advanced visual
- Input / 1M
- $0.02
- Output / 1M
- $0.06
- Context
- 262K
At a glance
Quick verdict
How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.
Lower price
Ling 3.0 Flash VL
2.7x cheaper for a typical chat
Higher intelligence score
Ling 3.0 Flash VL
24.6 vs 24.1 on Artificial Analysis
Larger context window
Solar Mini 4
524K vs 262K tokens
Newer release
Solar Mini 4
Released September 23, 2026
Benchmarks
Benchmark scores
Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
Intelligence index
Coding index
Agentic index
Pricing
Solar Mini 4 vs Ling 3.0 Flash VL API pricing
Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.
| Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.05 | $0.02 |
| Output tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.20 | $0.06 |
| Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens | $0.01 | $0.00 |
| Cache writePer 1M tokens | Not available | Not available |
What it costs in practice
Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.
Chat message
2K in, 500 out
Coding task
30K in, 4K out
Long document summary
150K in, 2K out
Specs
Context window and capabilities
How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.
| Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 524K tokens | 262K tokens |
| Max output | 131K tokens | 33K tokens |
| Input types | Text | Image, Text, Video |
| Output types | Text | Text |
| Reasoning effort levels | Max, Extra high, High, Medium, Low, Minimal, None | Not available |
| Default reasoning effort | Medium | Not available |
| Release date | September 23, 2026 | September 10, 2026 |
Features
Supported features
API features available for each model.
| Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tool calling | Supported | Supported |
| Structured outputs | Supported | Supported |
| JSON mode | Supported | Supported |
| Reasoning | Supported | Supported |
| Temperature | Supported | Supported |
| Stop sequences | Not supported | Supported |
| Deterministic seed | Not supported | Supported |
| Verbosity control | Not supported | Not supported |
Keep exploring
More on these models
Other head-to-heads, the full model page, and the alternatives list for each model.
- Solar Mini 4 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
- Solar Mini 4 vs Hy3
- Solar Mini 4 vs Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor
- Solar Mini 4 vs MiMo-V2.5
- Solar Mini 4 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
- Solar Mini 4 vs Solar Pro 4
- Solar Mini 4 vs Qwen3.7 Flash
- Solar Mini 4 vs DeepSeek V3.2
- Solar Mini 4 vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro
- Solar Mini 4 vs Ling 3.0 Flash
- Solar Mini 4 vs MiniMax M2.7
- Solar Mini 4 vs Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs Hy3
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs Solar Pro 4
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs MiMo-V2.5
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs DeepSeek V3.2
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs Mistral Nemo
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs Ling 3.0 Flash
Our take
Ling 3.0 Flash VL is 2.7x cheaper for a typical chat. Ling 3.0 Flash VL scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (24.6 vs 24.1). Solar Mini 4 has the larger context window (524K vs 262K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Solar Mini 4 or Ling 3.0 Flash VL cheaper?
Ling 3.0 Flash VL is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Ling 3.0 Flash VL costs $0.02 per 1M input tokens and $0.06 per 1M output tokens, while Solar Mini 4 costs $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens.
Which has a bigger context window, Solar Mini 4 or Ling 3.0 Flash VL?
Solar Mini 4 supports up to 524K tokens of context, compared with 262K for Ling 3.0 Flash VL.
Is Solar Mini 4 smarter than Ling 3.0 Flash VL?
On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Solar Mini 4 scores 24.1 and Ling 3.0 Flash VL scores 24.6, putting Ling 3.0 Flash VL ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.
Can I use Solar Mini 4 and Ling 3.0 Flash VL at the same time?
Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Solar Mini 4 and Ling 3.0 Flash VL answer side by side and keep the better response.
Why choose? Ask both.
Send one prompt to Solar Mini 4 and Ling 3.0 Flash VL at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.