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Grok 4.6vsSonar Deep Research

Grok 4.6 and Sonar Deep Research do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Grok 4.6 is 1.3x cheaper per token. Grok 4.6 has the larger context window (500K tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
Grok 4.6
1.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Grok 4.6
500K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 100%
xAI · Perplexity
Grok 4.6
xAI · released 2026-08-12
textvision
Context
500K
Max out
Input /1M
$2
Output /1M
$6
Cached /1M
$0.5
Scores
15 · 5 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

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Sonar Deep ResearchΔEdge
Reported by both · 0
No public benchmark is reported for both models yet.
Only Grok 4.6 reports · 15
GPQA Diamond94% epochnot reported
AA-Briefcase1577 not reported
APEX-Agents57.5% not reported
APEX-SWE56.4% not reported
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index61 not reported
CursorBench 3.269.9% not reported
DeepSWE v1.165.9% not reported
FrontierCode v1.1 (Extended)61.3% not reported
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)31.7% epochnot reported
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)66% epochnot reported
GDPVal-AA v21753 not reported
Harvey LAB (Vals)15.8% not reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)99.2% epochnot reported
SimpleQA Verified49.3% epochnot reported
Terminal-Bench 3.026% not 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 Grok 4.6 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

SpecGrok 4.6Sonar Deep ResearchEdge
Context window500K tokens128K tokensGrok 4.6
Max output
Input price / 1M$2 $2 Tie
Output price / 1M$6 $8 Grok 4.6
Cached input / 1M$0.5
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$8$10Grok 4.6
Modalitiestext · visiontextGrok 4.6
Released2026-08-122025-02-14
Cited benchmark scores156
Reliability

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