Sonar vs Sonar Reasoning Pro
Perplexity vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Sonar Reasoning Pro has the higher intelligence index (95.7 vs 56.8)
- •Sonar is cheaper ($1.00 vs $2.00 per 1M input)
- •Sonar Reasoning Pro has a larger context window (128K)
| Sonar | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 56.8 | 95.7 |
| Developer | Perplexity | Perplexity |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 127,072 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | $1.00 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $1.00 / 1M | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | — | — |
| Released | January 27, 2025 | March 7, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Sonar
Sonar Reasoning Pro
MATH-500
81.7
95.7