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Perplexity Sonar Reasoning
perplexity·perplexity/sonar-reasoning·GA·Closed·sonar-reasoning series
Web-grounded reasoning model for multi-step research and cited answers
At a glance
Reference price$1.00 / $5.00 per 1M
Cache read — · Helicone
Lowest paid$1.00 / $5.00
Helicone Gateway
Context127,000
Output limit4,096
Capabilities
✓ ReasoningTool use? Structured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2025-01
Released / updated2025-01-27 / 2025-01-27
Quality & performanceArtificial Analysis · Intelligence Index v4.1
Intelligence11.6
Value6
Coding—
Agentic—
Output speed—
TTFT—
Value formulaIQ 11.6 ÷ min blended $2.000 = 6
Quality is independently evaluated by Artificial Analysis. Speed/latency are model-level medians.
Available at 1 providers1 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helicone | Gateway | $1.00 | $5.00 | — | — | 127,000 | 4,096 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1Helicone$450.00
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
Reasoning control
Upstream provides no control info
1 / 1 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended