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  3. Seedream 4.0 vs Upstage: Solar Pro 4

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Seedream 4.0 vs Upstage: Solar Pro 4 benchmark

Comparing verified benchmark accuracy, speed, and token pricing between Seedream 4.0 and Upstage: Solar Pro 4. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Both Seedream 4.0 and Upstage: Solar Pro 4 present distinct architectural strengths. Compare the verified benchmark matrix below to choose the model tailored to your specific application requirements.
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ByteDance
Seedream 4.0

High-value ByteDance image foundation model at $30/1k images.

v4.0Img Elo 1,225$30/1k imgs
upstage
Upstage: Solar Pro 4

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (upstage/solar-pro4). Preview until a second source matches.

Seedream Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

2 models

Currently comparing Seedream 4.0 vs Upstage: Solar Pro 4. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Seedream 4.0
Seedream 5.0 Pro$90/1k
Top Rival Showdowns for Seedream 4.0
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs GPT Image 2 (High)vs Reve 2.1vs Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)vs FLUX.2 [max]vs Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)
Image Quality Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Generation Speed Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar Leader

No shared data

Unpriced

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Seedream 4.0 (5)vsUpstage: Solar Pro 4 (0)
Seedream 4.0: 5W (100%)Overall: Seedream 4.0Upstage: Solar Pro 4: 0W (0%)
← Seedream 4.0Upstage: Solar Pro 4 →
🏆Seedream 4.0(3/3)

Visual Quality & Adherence

Arena Preference Elo, prompt fidelity & typography score

Benchmark
Seedream 4.0vsUpstage: Solar Pro 4
Image Elo
1,225vs—
Prompt adherence
89%vs—
Text rendering
88%vs—
Seedream 4.0: 3WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 0W
🏆Seedream 4.0(1/1)

Generation Latency

Time to render full-resolution image snapshot (seconds)

Benchmark
Seedream 4.0vsUpstage: Solar Pro 4
Generation time
2.8svs—
Seedream 4.0: 1WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 0W
🏆Seedream 4.0(1/1)

Cost Efficiency

API inference cost per 1,000 generated images

Benchmark
Seedream 4.0vsUpstage: Solar Pro 4
Price per 1k images
$30/1kvs—
Seedream 4.0: 1WUpstage: Solar Pro 4: 0W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo
Seedream 4.01,225
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
Generation time
Seedream 4.02.8s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
Price per 1k images
Seedream 4.0$30/1k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
Prompt adherence
Seedream 4.089%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
Text rendering
Seedream 4.088%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Upstage: Solar Pro 4—
BenchmarkSeedream 4.0Upstage: Solar Pro 4Advantage Delta
Image Elo
1,225
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
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Generation time
2.8s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
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Price per 1k images
$30/1k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
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Prompt adherence
89%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Text rendering
88%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
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Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 100% with Upstage: Solar Pro 4
Monthly Image Production Volume25k images / month (25000 imgs)
Quick Presets:
Seedream 4.0$750.00 / mo
Rate: $30/1k
Upstage: Solar Pro 4$0.00 / mo
Rate: $0/1k
Estimated Cost Delta

Upstage: Solar Pro 4 is estimated to save $750.00/month ($9,000/year).

Based on 25k images generated

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionSeedream 4.0

Seedream 4.0 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatinsufficient dataNeed list prices.
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGinsufficient dataNeed context sizes.
Screenshots / visionSeedream 4.0Seedream 4.0 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.
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Seedream 4.0

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)—
Input / 1M Tokens$30/1k
Output / 1M Tokens$30/1k
upstage

Upstage: Solar Pro 4

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)524k
Input / 1M Tokens$0.03/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0.12/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Seedream 4.0 or Upstage: Solar Pro 4?
We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Seedream 4.0 or Upstage: Solar Pro 4?
SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
List prices are missing for at least one model.
Which is faster, Seedream 4.0 or Upstage: Solar Pro 4?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
Context window is missing for at least one model.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Seedream 4.0 and Upstage: Solar Pro 4 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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