Perplexity's Sonar Reasoning Pro uses DeepSeek R1's thinking process combined with looking up on the web to tackle complex questions that need deeper research and provides more sources.
Context Window
127.0K
Max Output
128.0K
Avg output tokens (7d)
43 tokens
Input Price (Auto)
$2.00/1M
Output Price (Auto)
$8.00/1M
Cache Read (Auto)
$1.00/1M
Capabilities
Benchmarks
Benchmarks
Performance metrics and benchmarks
Sourced from Artificial Analysis.
Intelligence Index
11.8
Math
AIME
American Invitational Mathematics Examination
79.0%
Better than 88% of models compared
Math-500
Diverse mathematical problem solving benchmark
95.7%
Better than 81% of models compared
Last updated Sep 7, 2026
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