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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. It is built for agentic use cases where response...

Context Window
524K tokens
Parameters
35B
Input Price
$0.05/1M
Output Price
$0.20/1M
Price Tier
budget
Provider
Upstage

How to Use Upstage: Solar Mini 4

With CoreAI, you can start chatting with Upstage: Solar Mini 4 instantly — no separate subscription needed. CoreAI lets you chat with Upstage: Solar Mini 4 alongside 300+ other AI models from Upstage and other providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and more.

  1. Download the CoreAI app for iOS, Android, or use the Web App
  2. Select Upstage: Solar Mini 4 from the model selector
  3. Start chatting, comparing, or creating with AI

Upstage: Solar Mini 4 at a Glance

Upstage: Solar Mini 4 holds the #163 spot for context size out of 438 chat models in the CoreAI catalog — 524K tokens, roughly 393,216 words or 786 pages of text in a single conversation. On price, it is the #19 cheapest of 149 budget-tier models by input cost. Released 2026-09-23, it is one of the 3 newest additions to the catalog. It supports step-by-step reasoning (thinking mode).

Upstage: Solar Mini 4 Compared to Its Closest Alternatives

SpecUpstage: Solar Mini 4Upstage: Solar Pro 4Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free)OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b
ProviderUpstageUpstageDots-studioOpenAI
Input $/1M tokens$0.05$0.09Free$0.018
Output $/1M tokens$0.2$0.36Free$0.09
Context window524K524K512K131K
Reasoning modeYesYesYesYes
Image inputNoNoYesNo
Price tierbudgetbudgetbudgetbudget

Every model in this table is available on CoreAI — open the web app and run the same prompt through Upstage: Solar Mini 4 and Upstage: Solar Pro 4 side by side to judge with your own eyes.

What Upstage: Solar Mini 4 Actually Costs in Practice

A typical question (about 1,000 tokens in, 500 out) runs $0.00015 on Upstage: Solar Mini 4's raw per-token rates; a heavy session with a 50K-token document costs about $0.004. On CoreAI you don't juggle these numbers — one subscription covers Upstage: Solar Mini 4 and 300+ other models under a plan usage limit, with no API keys. See plans.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Upstage: Solar Mini 4

What is Upstage: Solar Mini 4's context window?

Upstage: Solar Mini 4 handles 524K tokens of context — roughly 393,216 words, or about 786 pages of text in one conversation.

How much does Upstage: Solar Mini 4 cost?

Upstage: Solar Mini 4's underlying rates are $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.2 per 1M output tokens. On CoreAI it is included in one subscription alongside 300+ models, so there is no per-token billing to manage.

Can Upstage: Solar Mini 4 process images?

No — Upstage: Solar Mini 4 is text-only. If you need image understanding, its budget-tier peers with vision are listed in the comparison table above.

Does Upstage: Solar Mini 4 support reasoning or thinking mode?

Yes. Upstage: Solar Mini 4 can work through problems step by step before answering; on CoreAI you can toggle thinking mode per message.

How can I use Upstage: Solar Mini 4 without an API key?

Open the CoreAI web app or the iOS/Android app, pick Upstage: Solar Mini 4 in the model selector, and chat — no API key, no per-token billing. One subscription covers Upstage: Solar Mini 4 and 300+ other models.

What are the best alternatives to Upstage: Solar Mini 4?

The closest alternatives on CoreAI are Upstage: Solar Pro 4, Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free), OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b — similar tier and capability. The fastest way to choose is running one prompt through them side by side in CoreAI's Compare view.

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