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Sonar vs GLM 5.2
73.2 overall · $0.998 / 1M
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Sonar
perplexity/sonar
image input
Sonar costs $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens with a 127K-token context window.
A model from perplexity, released Jan 27, 2025. LiveBench hasn't published a run for it, so this page carries measured price and specs only — no benchmark numbers.
- Input / 1M
- $1.00
- Output / 1M
- $1.00
- Context
- 127K
- LiveBench overall
- Not evaluated
Specs and pricing
| Input price USD per 1M prompt tokens | $1.00 |
|---|---|
| Output price USD per 1M completion tokens, reasoning included | $1.00 |
| Blended price 3:1 input:output — #135 most expensive of 343 listed models | $1.00 |
| Cached input read Blank means not priced separately — not free | — |
| Cache write | — |
| Context window | 127,072 tokens |
| Max output | 114,364 tokens |
| Input modalities | text, image |
| Tool calling | No |
| Extended reasoning | No |
| Knowledge cutoff | — |
| Listed | Jan 27, 2025 |
What Sonar costs to run
Monthly list cost across five workload shapes, using the published cached-input rate where there is one. A floor, not a quote — batch discounts and cache writes aren't included.
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Support chatbot 1.2K in / 400 out × 200K requests | $320.00/mo |
| RAG assistant 8K in / 600 out × 100K requests | $860.00/mo |
| Coding agent 40K in / 4K out × 20K requests | $880.00/mo |
| Document extraction 20K in / 1.5K out × 50K requests | $1,075/mo |
| Bulk classification 500 in / 20 out × 5M requests | $2,600/mo |
Compare Sonar with
Benchmarked models at a similar price.
Sonar FAQ
How much does Sonar cost?
Sonar lists at $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens. A RAG assistant handling 100K requests a month (8K tokens in, 600 out) comes to about $860.00 at list price.
What is the context window of Sonar?
Sonar accepts up to 127,072 tokens of context and can return up to 114,364 output tokens per response.
Does Sonar support tool calling?
Sonar does not list tool (function) calling support. It accepts text, image input.
How does Sonar score on benchmarks?
LiveBench has not published a run for Sonar yet. Until it does, compare it on price and specs, or run your own evaluation on your own tasks.
What is the API model ID for Sonar?
On OpenRouter the model ID is "perplexity/sonar". It was listed on Jan 27, 2025.
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How these numbers are produced
- Price and specs — provider list data from OpenRouter, refreshed every 15 minutes. “Blended” is a 3:1 input:output mix.
- Scores and ranks — LiveBench release 2026-06-25. Ranks count only models that have a published run; a blank means “not evaluated”, never “bad”.
- Cost per point — the measured dollars LiveBench spent on the run, divided by the score it earned.
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