Perplexity models
5models tracked · ranked by intelligence, speed & price
Match · Updated July 2026
Perplexity's smartest model is Sonar Reasoning Pro (17.8 on the Intelligence Index), and its cheapest is Sonar at $1.00 per million input tokens. All 5 Perplexity models are compared below by intelligence, speed, latency, context and price.
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Smartest
17.8
perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro
Fastest
—
Cheapest
$1.00/M
perplexity/sonar
| Model | Intel | Speed | Latency | In $/M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sonar-reasoning-pro ReasoningVision | 17.8 | — | — | $2.00 | 128K |
| sonar Vision | 9.5 | — | — | $1.00 | 127K |
| sonar-pro Vision | 9.3 | — | — | $3.00 | 200K |
| sonar-pro-search ReasoningJSONVision | — | — | — | $3.00 | 200K |
| sonar-deep-research Reasoning | — | — | — | $2.00 | 128K |