Solar Mini 4 API Pricing
Solar Mini 4 costs $0.1 per 1M input tokens and $0.4 per 1M output tokens on World (Other)'s API. Prices are provider list prices in USD, refreshed as sources update; see the Solar Mini 4 model profile for capability scores.
Price List
| Rate | Price (USD) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.1 | per 1M tokens |
| Output | $0.4 | per 1M tokens |
| Blended input + output | $0.5 | 1M in + 1M out at list price |
| Context window | 524K tokens |
What a Workload Costs
Computed straight from the list prices above — token counts are illustrative workload sizes, not measurements of Solar Mini 4.
| Workload | Cost | Tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | $0.00030 | 1K in / 500 out |
| Summarize a long document | $0.011 | 100K in / 2K out |
| Agentic coding session | $0.090 | 500K in / 100K out |
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $0.500 | 1M in / 1M out |
Effective Cost
In AI IQ's scoring, Solar Mini 4's list price is adjusted by a token-usage multiplier of 1.321, giving an effective cost of $0.6603 per 1M input + output tokens. That places it #23 of 137 models on the effective-cost ranking (lower is cheaper). Some models spend far more tokens than others on the same task, so effective cost compares what a unit of work really costs. Method details are on the methodology page; see all models on the cost charts and the falling cost of intelligence over time.
Cheaper Alternatives at Similar Capability
Models with a lower effective cost that score within a few IQ points of Solar Mini 4, or better.
| Model | Provider | IQ | Effective Cost / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes 2.5 Pro Beta | World (Other) | 109 | $0.5423 |
| mimo-v2-flash | Xiaomi | 106 | $0.3149 |
| Muse Glimmer | Meta | 106 | $0.6215 |
| Ling 3.0 Flash | China (Other) | 105 | $0.2716 |
| gemini-3.1-flash-lite | 104 | $0.4646 | |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | US (Other) | 102 | $0.263 |