Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro
Perplexity's Sonar Reasoning Pro adds reasoning capability to the Sonar line with vision support, though only limited benchmark data is available to assess its full capability. It may suit research and analysis workflows where web-grounded reasoning is valued, but cannot be confidently recommended for demanding business tasks.
Assessment date: April 16, 2026
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Performance Profile
Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing. Designed for..
Capabilities
Architecture
| Modality | Text + Image → Text |
| Tokenizer | Other |
| Instruct Type | deepseek-r1 |
Benchmark Scores
Intelligence
Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
How does Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro stack up?
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro
|
| Provider | perplexity |
| Release Date | March 7, 2025 |
| Context Length | 128,000 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.00 | $0.002000 |
| Output | $8.00 | $0.008000 |
Live Performance
Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.
