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Grok 4.5vsSonar Pro

Grok 4.5 and Sonar Pro do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Grok 4.5 is 2.3x cheaper per token. Grok 4.5 has the larger context window (500K tokens).

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

Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
Grok 4.5
2.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Grok 4.5
500K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 100%
xAI · Perplexity
Grok 4.5
xAI · released 2026-07-08
textvision
Context
500K
Max out
Input /1M
$2
Output /1M
$6
Cached /1M
$0.3
Scores
6 · 6 core
Sonar Pro
Perplexity · released 2025-01-21
text
Context
200K
Max out
Input /1M
$3
Output /1M
$15
Cached /1M
Scores
1 · 0 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Sonar ProΔEdge
Reported by both · 0
No public benchmark is reported for both models yet.
Only Grok 4.5 reports · 6
GPQA Diamond93.4% epochnot reported
LMArena Elo1450.1 not reported
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)24.4% epochnot reported
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)57.2% epochnot reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)97.8% epochnot reported
SimpleQA Verified48.3% epochnot reported
Only Sonar Pro reports · 1
SimpleQA F-scorenot reported85.8%
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 Grok 4.5 minus Sonar Pro 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

SpecGrok 4.5Sonar ProEdge
Context window500K tokens200K tokensGrok 4.5
Max output
Input price / 1M$2 $3 Grok 4.5
Output price / 1M$6 $15 Grok 4.5
Cached input / 1M$0.3
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$8$18Grok 4.5
Modalitiestext · visiontextGrok 4.5
Released2026-07-082025-01-21
Cited benchmark scores61
Reliability

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