Qwen3 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 75.8)
| Qwen3 | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 75.8 | 95.7 |
| Developer | Alibaba | Perplexity |
| Type | LLM | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | — | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | — | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | — | — |
| Released | April 28, 2025 | March 7, 2025 |
| Parameters | 235B total / 22B active (MoE) | — |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |