Mistral Small 3 vs Sonar Reasoning Pro
Mistral AI vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Sonar Reasoning Pro has the higher intelligence index (95.7 vs 43.6)
- •Mistral Small 3 is cheaper ($0.05 vs $2.00 per 1M input)
- •Sonar Reasoning Pro has a larger context window (128K)
| Mistral Small 3 | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 43.6 | 95.7 |
| Developer | Mistral AI | Perplexity |
| Type | LLM | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 32,768 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.05 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.08 / 1M | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | 136 tok/s | — |
| Released | January 30, 2025 | March 7, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Mistral Small 3
Sonar Reasoning Pro
MATH-500
71.5
95.7