# solar-mini

> solar-mini is a proprietary language model from Upstage, released on 12 Jun 2024. It accepts text and generates text, with a 33K-token context window and up to 4K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens (Upstage Console), across 1 provider we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/solar-mini
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Upstage
- **Release date:** 12 Jun 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/upstage/models/solar-mini.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/upstage/models/solar-mini.toml)
- **Weights:** Proprietary (API only) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/upstage/models/solar-mini.toml)
- **Context window:** 33K (32,768 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/upstage/models/solar-mini.toml)
- **Max output:** 4K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/upstage/models/solar-mini.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Sept 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/upstage/models/solar-mini.toml)
- **Input:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/upstage/models/solar-mini.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/upstage/models/solar-mini.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/upstage/models/solar-mini.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/upstage/models/solar-mini.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upstage Console | $0.15 | $0.15 | – | 33K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of solar-mini?

solar-mini has a context window of 32,768 tokens (33K) and can generate up to 4,096 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the solar-mini API cost?

Through Upstage Console, solar-mini costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is solar-mini open source?

No. solar-mini is a proprietary model; Upstage has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including Upstage Console.

### When was solar-mini released?

Upstage released solar-mini on 12 Jun 2024, according to models.dev.

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