Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Solar Open 100B (Reasoning)
Wins 5 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Following instructions
Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the stronger all-rounder.Solar Open 100B (Reasoning) is better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 15 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six 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 software20Claude 3.7 Sonnet2 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Claude 3.7 Sonnet2 of 2 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking10Claude 3.7 Sonnet1 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10Claude 3.7 Sonnet1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude 3.7 Sonnet1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Solar Open 100B (Reasoning)1 of 1 test
Agents, long documents and following instructions 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.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude 3.7 Sonnet pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+49.6points ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+19.2points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+18.9points ahead
Where Solar Open 100B (Reasoning) pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+9.4points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 15 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 18.921.22.3+18.9
- SciCodeClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 13.440.326.9+13.4
ReasoningClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- GPQA DiamondClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 11.577.265.7+11.5
- CritPttie0.90tie
- Humanity's Last Examtie9.710.4tie
FactsClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 49.66010.4+49.6
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 9.52818.5+9.5
Long documentsClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- AA-LCRClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 10.751.741+10.7
Following instructionsSolar Open 100B (Reasoning)
- IFBenchSolar Open 100B (Reasoning) by 9.448.357.7+9.4
Other results5 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-OmniscienceClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 53.8-0.7-54.5+53.8
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 25.936.410.5+25.9
- AA Agentic IndexClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 12.73724.3+12.7
- AA IntelligenceClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 7.317.710.4+7.3
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude 3.7 Sonnet by 6.554.748.2+6.5
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Solar Open 100B (Reasoning)?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts and long documents. Solar Open 100B (Reasoning) wins following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Solar Open 100B (Reasoning) wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 15 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 10 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 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.