Qwen3 8B vs Sonar Reasoning Pro
Alibaba vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Sonar Reasoning Pro has the higher intelligence index (95.7 vs 57.8)
- •Qwen3 8B is cheaper ($0.05 vs $2.00 per 1M input)
- •Qwen3 8B has a larger context window (131K)
| Qwen3 8B | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 57.8 | 95.7 |
| Developer | Alibaba | Perplexity |
| Type | LLM | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.05 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.40 / 1M | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | 69 tok/s | — |
| Released | April 28, 2025 | March 7, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Qwen3 8B
Sonar Reasoning Pro
MATH-500
90.4
95.7