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PerplexityReleased January 28, 2025Sonar Reasoning
Perplexity · Released January 28, 2025
Intelligence score
12
At a glance
- Intelligence
- 12
- Speed
- —
- Latency
- —
- Input price
- Not published
- Output price
- Not published
- Context window
- 130Ktokens
- Parameters
- —
Summary
Comparison summary
Sonar Reasoning scores 12 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 14).
Specifications
Technical specifications
| Model name | Sonar Reasoning |
|---|---|
| Provider | Perplexity |
| Release date | January 28, 2025 |
| Intelligence score | 12 |
| Speed | — |
| Latency (TTFT) | — |
| Input price | Not published |
| Output price | Not published |
| Context window | 130,000 tokens |
| Parameters | — |
| Reasoning | Yes |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | — |
| Open weights | No |
| License | — |
| API availability | — |
| Source | Model Intelligence legacy profile: sonar-reasoning |
FAQ · 14
Frequently asked questions
Sonar Reasoning was released on January 28, 2025.
Sonar Reasoning was created by Perplexity.
Sonar Reasoning scores 12 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 14).
Yes, Sonar Reasoning is a reasoning model. It uses extended thinking or chain-of-thought reasoning to work through complex problems before providing an answer.
Sonar Reasoning supports text input.
Sonar Reasoning supports text output.
No, Sonar Reasoning does not support image input. It can only process text.
No, Sonar Reasoning is not multimodal. It only supports text input.
Sonar Reasoning 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 Reasoning is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.
Sonar Reasoning is a proprietary model and Perplexity has not disclosed the model size or parameter count.
Sonar Reasoning achieves a score of 12 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
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