# Needle 3 (2-bit) vs Solar Pro 2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Needle 3 (2-bit) and Solar Pro 2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/needle-3-vs-solar-pro-2
- Last updated: October 1, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Needle 3 (2-bit) and Solar Pro 2.

## Summary

- Needle 3 (2-bit) and Solar Pro 2 do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Needle 3 (2-bit) | Solar Pro 2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Cactus Compute | Upstage |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | null | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 29.54 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 1 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Needle 3 (2-bit) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Solar Pro 2 public-lane score: 22.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Needle 3 (2-bit) | Solar Pro 2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| JevBench 1.5 | 0.00 | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Needle 3 (2-bit) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Solar Pro 2 public-lane score: 26.7 (Estimated · #146/170)

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Needle 3 (2-bit) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Solar Pro 2 public-lane score: 36.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

## FAQ

### Can I compare Needle 3 (2-bit) and Solar Pro 2 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [Needle 3 (2-bit) vs Solar Pro 3](/compare/needle-3-vs-solar-pro-3)
- [Solar Pro 2 vs Solar Pro 3](/compare/solar-pro-2-vs-solar-pro-3)
- [Needle 3 (2-bit) vs Solar Pro 4](/compare/needle-3-vs-solar-pro-4)
- [Solar Pro 2 vs Solar Pro 4](/compare/solar-pro-2-vs-solar-pro-4)

## Explore More

- [Needle 3 (2-bit) profile](/models/needle-3)
- [Solar Pro 2 profile](/models/solar-pro-2)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)