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| 2 models | perplexityPerplexity: Sonar Pro SearchRemove × | openaiOpenAI: GPT-6.1 SolRemove × |
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| What’s different | Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based... | Requires Responses API for tools; offers Ultrafast inference with US or EU data residency. |
| Date | Oct 30, 2025Listed | Sep 29, 2026Released |
API prices USD · provider configuration shown below | ||
| Listed rate | $3.00 in / $15.00 out/ 1M tokensPerplexity · via OpenRouter · all routes ↗perplexity | $2.00 in / $10.00 out/ 1M tokensExperiential · all routes ↗Standard list rate |
| Provider endpoints | 2 endpoints → | 10 endpoints → |
Benchmarks Each result retains its evaluation configuration | ||
| AA Intelligence ↗4.3.2 | Not reported | 51.83 ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| AA-Briefcase ↗1.1 | Not reported | 1,557 ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| GDPval-AA ↗2.1 | Not reported | 1,593.85 ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| AutomationBench-AA ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 64.87% ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 · AA ↗ | Not reported | 56.06% ↗Effort: max · MaxHarness unreportedIndependent result |
| SciCode ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 54.17% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| Humanity’s Last Exam ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 52.92% ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| GDP.pdf ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 31% ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| CritPt ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 31.71% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| AA-Omniscience ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 41.53 ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| AA-LCR ↗1.1 | Not reported | 83% ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| LiveBench ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 85.41% ↗Effort: max · single run · equal mean of 7 suitesIndependent result |
| LiveBench Design ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 82.1% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Research ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 83.5% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Browser Use ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 88% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Coding ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 96% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Agentic ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 73% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Data Analysis ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 82.7% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Reasoning ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 92.6% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
Specifications | ||
| Context window | 200K | 1.1M |
| Max output | 8K | 128K |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Tool calling | Not reported | Supported |
| Structured output | Supported | Supported |
| Image input | Supported | Supported |
| Reasoning | Supported | Supported |
| Prompt caching | Not reported | Supported |