QwQ-32B 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 67.8)
- •QwQ-32B is cheaper ($0.70 vs $2.00 per 1M input)
| QwQ-32B | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 67.8 | 95.7 |
| Developer | Alibaba | Perplexity |
| Type | LLM | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | — | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.70 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $1.00 / 1M | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | 31 tok/s | — |
| Released | March 5, 2025 | March 7, 2025 |
| Parameters | 32500000000 | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
QwQ-32B
Sonar Reasoning Pro
MATH-500
90.6
95.7