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Claude 3.5 SonnetvsSonar Deep Research

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Sonar Deep Research do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Sonar Deep Research is 1.8x cheaper per token. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has the larger context window (200K tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
Sonar Deep Research
1.8x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
200K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
Anthropic · Perplexity
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic · released 2024-10-22
textvision
Context
200K
Max out
8K
Input /1M
$3
Output /1M
$15
Cached /1M
$0.3
Scores
4 · 4 core
Sonar Deep Research
Perplexity · released 2025-02-14
text
Context
128K
Max out
Input /1M
$2
Output /1M
$8
Cached /1M
Scores
6 · 0 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetSonar Deep ResearchΔEdge
Reported by both · 0
No public benchmark is reported for both models yet.
Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet reports · 4
SWE-bench Verified49% not reported
GPQA Diamond55.3% epochnot reported
AIME 20253.3% matharenanot reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)8.5% epochnot reported
Only Sonar Deep Research reports · 6
DRACO Breadth & Depth (Opus 4.6 base)not reported73.1%
DRACO Citation Quality (Opus 4.6 base)not reported64.6%
DRACO Factual Accuracy (Opus 4.6 base)not reported67.9%
DRACO Normalized Score (Opus 4.6 base)not reported70.5%
DRACO Pass Rate (Opus 4.6 base)not reported72.8%
DRACO Presentation Quality (Opus 4.6 base)not reported90.3%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Claude 3.5 Sonnet minus Sonar Deep Research in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecClaude 3.5 SonnetSonar Deep ResearchEdge
Context window200K tokens128K tokensClaude 3.5 Sonnet
Max output8K tokens
Input price / 1M$3 $2 Sonar Deep Research
Output price / 1M$15 $8 Sonar Deep Research
Cached input / 1M$0.3
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$18$10Sonar Deep Research
Modalitiestext · visiontextClaude 3.5 Sonnet
Released2024-10-222025-02-14
Cited benchmark scores46
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