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PerplexityReleased January 21, 2025Sonar
Perplexity · Released January 21, 2025
Intelligence score
10
At a glance
- Intelligence
- 10
- Speed
- —
- Latency
- —
- Input price
- Not published
- Output price
- Not published
- Context window
- 130Ktokens
- Parameters
- —
Summary
Comparison summary
Sonar scores 10 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 8).
Specifications
Technical specifications
| Model name | Sonar |
|---|---|
| Provider | Perplexity |
| Release date | January 21, 2025 |
| Intelligence score | 10 |
| Speed | — |
| Latency (TTFT) | — |
| Input price | Not published |
| Output price | Not published |
| Context window | 130,000 tokens |
| Parameters | — |
| Reasoning | No |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | — |
| Open weights | No |
| License | — |
| API availability | — |
| Source | Model Intelligence legacy profile: sonar |
FAQ · 14
Frequently asked questions
Sonar was released on January 21, 2025.
Sonar was created by Perplexity.
Sonar scores 10 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 8).
No, Sonar is not a reasoning model. It provides direct responses without extended chain-of-thought reasoning.
Sonar supports text input.
Sonar supports text output.
No, Sonar does not support image input. It can only process text.
No, Sonar is not multimodal. It only supports text input.
Sonar has a context window of 130k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
No, Sonar is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.
Sonar is a proprietary model and Perplexity has not disclosed the model size or parameter count.
Sonar achieves a score of 10 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
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