DeepSeek VL2 Small vs Sonar Reasoning Pro
DeepSeek vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Sonar Reasoning Pro has the higher intelligence index (95.7 vs 73.1)
| DeepSeek VL2 Small | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 73.1 | 95.7 |
| Developer | DeepSeek | Perplexity |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | — | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | — | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | — | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | — | — |
| Released | December 13, 2024 | March 7, 2025 |
| Parameters | 16000000000 | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | — | Text |