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SonarvsSonar Pro
Sonar Pro leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. Sonar is 9x cheaper per token. Sonar Pro has the larger context window (200K tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 1
Sonar Pro leads
Cheaper per token
Sonar
9x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Sonar Pro
200K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100%
Perplexity
Sonar
Perplexity · released 2025-01-21
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Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 0 only Sonar · 0 only Sonar Pro| Benchmark | Sonar | Sonar Pro | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| SimpleQA F-score | 77.3% ↗ | 85.8% ↗ | -8.5 pt | Sonar Pro |
| Only Sonar reports · 0 | ||||
| Sonar reports nothing Sonar Pro does not. | ||||
| Only Sonar Pro reports · 0 | ||||
| Sonar Pro reports nothing Sonar does not. | ||||
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 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
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Sonar | Sonar Pro | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128K tokens | 200K tokens | Sonar Pro |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1 ↗ | $3 ↗ | Sonar |
| Output price / 1M | $1 ↗ | $15 ↗ | Sonar |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $2 | $18 | Sonar |
| Modalities | text | text | Tie |
| Released | 2025-01-21 | 2025-01-21 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 1 | 1 | — |
Reliability
Perplexity status
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