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SonarvsSonar Deep Research
Sonar and Sonar Deep Research do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Sonar is 5x cheaper per token. 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
Sonar
5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 128K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100%
Perplexity
Sonar
Perplexity · released 2025-01-21
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Sonar Deep Research
Perplexity · released 2025-02-14
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Quality
Benchmark matrix
0 shared · 1 only Sonar · 6 only Sonar Deep Research| Benchmark | Sonar | Sonar Deep Research | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 0 | ||||
| No public benchmark is reported for both models yet. | ||||
| Only Sonar reports · 1 | ||||
| SimpleQA F-score | 77.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Sonar Deep Research reports · 6 | ||||
| DRACO Breadth & Depth (Opus 4.6 base) | not reported | 73.1% ↗ | — | — |
| DRACO Citation Quality (Opus 4.6 base) | not reported | 64.6% ↗ | — | — |
| DRACO Factual Accuracy (Opus 4.6 base) | not reported | 67.9% ↗ | — | — |
| DRACO Normalized Score (Opus 4.6 base) | not reported | 70.5% ↗ | — | — |
| DRACO Pass Rate (Opus 4.6 base) | not reported | 72.8% ↗ | — | — |
| DRACO Presentation Quality (Opus 4.6 base) | not reported | 90.3% ↗ | — | — |
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 Sonar 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
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Sonar | Sonar Deep Research | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128K tokens | 128K tokens | Tie |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1 ↗ | $2 ↗ | Sonar |
| Output price / 1M | $1 ↗ | $8 ↗ | Sonar |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $2 | $10 | Sonar |
| Modalities | text | text | Tie |
| Released | 2025-01-21 | 2025-02-14 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 1 | 6 | — |
Reliability
Perplexity status
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