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DeepSeek V3vsSonar

DeepSeek V3 and Sonar do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Both offer a 128K-token context window.

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 128K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
DeepSeek · Perplexity
DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek · released 2024-12-26
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Context
128K
Max out
8K
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
8 · 7 core
Sonar
Perplexity · released 2025-01-21
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Context
128K
Max out
Input /1M
$1
Output /1M
$1
Cached /1M
Scores
1 · 0 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkDeepSeek V3SonarΔEdge
Reported by both · 0
No public benchmark is reported for both models yet.
Only DeepSeek V3 reports · 7
SWE-bench Verified42% not reported
GPQA Diamond59.1% not reported
MMLU88.5% not reported
MMLU-Pro75.9% not reported
AIME 202525% matharenanot reported
LMArena Elo1332.4 not reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)15.8% epochnot reported
Only Sonar reports · 1
SimpleQA F-scorenot reported77.3%
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 DeepSeek V3 minus Sonar 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

SpecDeepSeek V3SonarEdge
Context window128K tokens128K tokensTie
Max output8K tokens
Input price / 1M$1
Output price / 1M$1
Cached input / 1M
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$2
ModalitiestexttextTie
Released2024-12-262025-01-21
Cited benchmark scores81
Reliability

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