Sonar
Jan 2024
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Benchmarks of Sonar4
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Overall1
Science1
Legacy · saturated or no longer reported2
No benchmark matches
Rankingin non-thinking mode?
Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
CheaperMiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen×6-46%$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3
BetterGPT-6 Lunalow×2.8-80%$0.005Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3
CheaperDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpen×5.8-48%$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4
CheaperClaude Haiku 5.5max×5.6-80%$0.21Remove sampling parameters+5
CheaperMiniMax M3.1 Flashthinking×5.5-74%$0.22Complete model response must be appendedModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
MiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen×6-46%$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpen×5.8-48%$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4Claude Haiku 5.5max×5.6-80%$0.21Remove sampling parameters+5MiniMax M3.1 Flashthinking×5.5-74%$0.22Complete model response must be appended
GLM 5.3 FlashmaxOpen×5.4-76%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
GPT-6 Lunalow×2.8-80%$0.005Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3GPT-5.6 Lunalow×2.7-55%$0.01
Mistral Small 4thinkingOpen+46%-74%$0.015MiMo v2.5thinkingOpen×2.8-83%$0.019DeepSeek V3 0324non-thinkingOpen+26%-60%$0.021No image inputModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
MiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen×6-46%$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpen×5.8-48%$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4GLM 5.3maxOpen×5.8+115%$2.01No image input+4
Step 5 PreviewthinkingOpen×5.7+43%$1.03No web search+3
Kimi K3maxOpen×5.7+500%$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3Benchmarks
all categoriesChat & Knowledge
Humanity's Last Exam4.9#281
AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2≈7.7#256
GPQA Diamond47.1#266
Coding
LiveCodeBench · AA archived29.5#122
FAQ
How much does Sonar cost?›
$1 per 1M input tokens and $1 per 1M output tokens.
Is Sonar free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $1 per 1M input tokens.
How good is Sonar, and what is it best at?›
#279 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #121 of 152 in Coding.
Is Sonar better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?›
On AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2, Sonar scores 7.7 vs 7.7 — about the same.
How can I use Sonar?›
Through the API of Perplexity.
What is the context window of Sonar?›
127K tokens, with up to 114K output tokens.
When was Sonar released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2024-01-01. It has been superseded by Sonar Reasoning Pro.
Is Sonar open source?›
No, Sonar is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is MiMo v2.6 Pro.
Can Sonar read images?›
It accepts text and images as input.
What is Sonar?›
Sonar is a closed language model from Perplexity, released Jan 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Sonar?›
MiMo v2.6 Pro (cheaper), GPT-6 Luna (better).