Ling-2.6-flash vs Sonar Reasoning Pro
InclusionAI vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Sonar Reasoning Pro has the higher intelligence index (95.7 vs 59.3)
- •Ling-2.6-flash is cheaper ($0.01 vs $2.00 per 1M input)
- •Ling-2.6-flash has a larger context window (262K)
| Ling-2.6-flash | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 59.3 | 95.7 |
| Developer | InclusionAI | Perplexity |
| Type | LLM | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.01 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.03 / 1M | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | — | — |
| Released | April 21, 2026 | March 7, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |