Mistral Small 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 40.3)
- •Mistral Small is cheaper ($0.20 vs $2.00 per 1M input)
| Mistral Small | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 40.3 | 95.7 |
| Developer | Mistral AI | Perplexity |
| Type | LLM | Multimodal |
| Access | — | API only |
| Context window | — | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.20 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.60 / 1M | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | 134 tok/s | — |
| Released | February 26, 2024 | March 7, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Mistral Small
Sonar Reasoning Pro
MATH-500
56.3
95.7