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DeepSeek V3vsSolar Open 2 250B-A15B

Solar Open 2 250B-A15B leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Solar Open 2 250B-A15B has the larger context window (1M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
0 – 3
Solar Open 2 250B-A15B leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
Solar Open 2 250B-A15B
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
DeepSeek · Upstage
DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek · released 2024-12-26
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Context
128K
Max out
8K
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
8 · 7 core
Solar Open 2 250B-A15B
Upstage · released 2026-07-24
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Context
1M
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
16 · 5 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkDeepSeek V3Solar Open 2 250B-A15BΔEdge
Reported by both · 3
SWE-bench Verified42% 70.4% -28.4 ptSolar Open 2 250B-A15B
GPQA Diamond59.1% 86.3% -27.2 ptSolar Open 2 250B-A15B
MMLU-Pro75.9% 86.2% -10.3 ptSolar Open 2 250B-A15B
Only DeepSeek V3 reports · 4
MMLU88.5% not reported
AIME 202525% matharenanot reported
LMArena Elo1332.4 not reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)15.8% epochnot reported
Only Solar Open 2 250B-A15B reports · 13
AIME 2026not reported95.7%
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)not reported28.8%
AA-LCRnot reported62.3%
APEX-Agentsnot reported16.6%
ArtifactsBenchnot reported55.9%
GDPval-AA v2not reported1128
HMMT 2026-02not reported93.9%
IFBenchnot reported80%
LiveCodeBench v6not reported92.4%
MCP Atlasnot reported58.2%
Multi-Challengenot reported61%
Tau3-Bench (banking)not reported19.6%
Terminal Bench Hardnot reported28.3%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is DeepSeek V3 minus Solar Open 2 250B-A15B in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecDeepSeek V3Solar Open 2 250B-A15BEdge
Context window128K tokens1M tokensSolar Open 2 250B-A15B
Max output8K tokens
Input price / 1M
Output price / 1M
Cached input / 1M
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
ModalitiestexttextTie
Released2024-12-262026-07-24
Cited benchmark scores816
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