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  5. Claude Opus 4.5vsSolar Pro 4
Updated Aug 2026

Claude Opus 4.5vsSolar Pro 4

Solar Pro 4 is the newer model, released after Claude Opus 4.5.

Claude Opus 4.5 and Solar Pro 4 compared across 14 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 4.5Solar Pro 4
Input price—$0.09/M tokens
Output price—$0.36/M tokens
Context window—524K tokens
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedNov 2025Aug 2026
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Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 14 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

Claude Opus 4.52,401 words
48-Hour Action Plan: Liver Toxicity Crisis Response My Guiding Principle Before the hour-by-hour breakdown, let me be clear about the ethical framework driving every decision: Patient safety is non-negotiable and takes absolute priority.
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Solar Pro 41,851 words
As CEO, my overriding duty is to balance patient safety, legal/regulatory compliance, fiduciary responsibility, and long-term corporate survival. A 1-in-8,000 risk of liver failure is rare but severe, potentially fatal, and materially unexpected relative to the current label.
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Adversarial Contract Review

Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp…

Claude Opus 4.51,169 words
Contract Analysis: Critical Issues for the Contractor This agreement is heavily one-sided and contains several provisions that could be exploited against you. Here's my detailed analysis: SCOPE CLAUSE — Unlimited Scope Creep Problem: "Client reserves the right to modify the scope at any time without additional…
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Solar Pro 41,382 words
Disclaimer: I am an AI assistant and not an attorney. The following analysis is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Contract laws vary significantly by jurisdiction (e.g., state, country).
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

Claude Opus 4.5207 words
30-Day Health Kickstart Plan Week-by-Week Approach: Start Small, Build Momentum 🥗 AREA 1: NUTRITION Week 1: Add one serving of vegetables to a meal you already eat Week 2: Drink water before each meal; cut one sugary drink daily Week 3: Prep a simple healthy breakfast the night before Week 4: Cook one new whole-food…
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Solar Pro 4859 words
Here’s a simple, progressive 1-month plan built around Diet, Exercise, and Sleep. Each week adds one small, beginner-friendly shift to each area. The goal isn’t perfection; it’s building consistent, sustainable habits that compound over time.
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Advanced Investment Memo (IC Memo)

You are writing an internal investment committee memo for a long/short equity fund. Company (fictional): LedgerLift (ticker: LLLT) – B2B…

Claude Opus 4.5396 words
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMO Company: LedgerLift (LLLT) Sector: B2B SaaS – Spend Management / AP Automation Date: [Internal] Analyst: [Redacted] RECOMMENDATION LONG 12-Month Price Target: $58–$72 Current: $46 LedgerLift is a high-quality mid-market AP automation compounder trading at a discount to intrinsic value; 123%…
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Solar Pro 41,052 words
INTERNAL MEMO – INVESTMENT COMMITTEE TO: IC Members FROM: Long/Short Equity Desk DATE: Oct 2024 SUBJECT: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Initiation / Long Recommendation & Thesis Recommendation: LONG 12-Month PT Range: $52–$58 (Base case ~$54, Bull ~$68, Bear ~$38) Thesis: LedgerLift is a structurally advantaged mid-market AP…
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

Claude Opus 4.51,117 words
For the Experienced Software Engineer Think of training an LLM as building a compression algorithm for human knowledge, except instead of minimizing file size, you're minimizing prediction error across trillions of tokens.
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Solar Pro 41,062 words
The Experienced Software Engineer Think of the model not as a reasoning engine, but as a highly compressed, non-deterministic function approximator that maps a sequence of input tokens to a probability distribution over the next token.
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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

Claude Opus 4.5980 words
Comprehensive Architecture Review: Real-time Collaborative Document Editor This architecture has several critical issues that will cause data loss, poor user experience, and scaling problems. Let me analyze each systematically.
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Solar Pro 41,598 words
This architecture contains several fundamental mismatches between real-time collaborative editing requirements and the chosen patterns. Below is a systematic breakdown of failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks, each with a targeted solution and explicit trade-offs.
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Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.5
Claude Opus 4.5
Solar Pro 4
Solar Pro 4Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Opus 4.5 has the edge: bigger model tier, major provider backing.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 4.5
Input
—
Output
—
Solar Pro 4
Input
$0.09
Output
$0.36
Where to run it

5 hosts

Claude Opus 4.54 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Amazon Bedrock$5.00 in·$25.00 out·200k·99.8% upAzure AI Foundry$5.00 in·$25.00 out·200k—Anthropic$5.00 in·$25.00 out·200k·99.7% upGoogle Vertex AI$5.00 in·$25.00 out·200k·99.8% up
Solar Pro 41 host
HostInOutContextUptime
UUpstage$0.09 in·$0.36 out·524k·99.8% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 22 Sep 2026.

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Claude Opus 4.5 is developed by Anthropic while Solar Pro 4 is developed by Upstage. You can compare their actual outputs across 14 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Claude Opus 4.5 and Solar Pro 4 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 14 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

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