Nova Lite vs Sonar Reasoning Pro
Amazon vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Sonar Reasoning Pro has the higher intelligence index (95.7 vs 57.7)
- •Nova Lite is cheaper ($0.06 vs $2.00 per 1M input)
- •Nova Lite has a larger context window (300K)
| Nova Lite | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 57.7 | 95.7 |
| Developer | Amazon | Perplexity |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 300,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.06 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.24 / 1M | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | 100 tok/s | — |
| Released | November 20, 2024 | March 7, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Nova Lite
Sonar Reasoning Pro
MATH-500
76.5
95.7