Solar Mini4 wins more areas, narrowly.Apodex 1.1 is better at reasoning.
Scores updated · 10 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software01Solar Mini41 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Solar Mini41 of 1 test
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Apodex 1.12 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own11Even1 each
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Coding and long documents rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Solar Mini4 costs 85% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Solar Mini4 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+42.6points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+4points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+2.1points ahead
Where Apodex 1.1 pulls ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+13.3points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+8.3points ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+5.3points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 10 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
AgentsEven
- GDPValApodex 1.1 by 5.334.829.5+5.3
- Terminal-Bench 4.0Solar Mini4 by 101+1
ReasoningApodex 1.1
- Humanity's Last ExamApodex 1.1 by 8.334.125.8+8.3
- CritPtApodex 1.1 by 3.24.61.4+3.2
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationSolar Mini4 by 42.621.664.2+42.6
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyApodex 1.1 by 13.331.718.4+13.3
Other results2 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceSolar Mini4 by 11.1-21.9-10.8+11.1
- AA IntelligenceApodex 1.1 by 2.326.424.1+2.3
Questions people ask
Which is better, Apodex 1.1 or Solar Mini4?
Solar Mini4 wins two of the five areas where both have results: coding and long documents. Apodex 1.1 wins reasoning. They are level on agents and facts.
Which is better for coding?
Solar Mini4. It wins the one coding test both models report.
Which is cheaper?
Apodex 1.1 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; Solar Mini4 costs $0.10 and $0.40. That makes Solar Mini4 about 85% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 10 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 8 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 2 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.