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Claude Sonnet 4 vs Sonar Reasoning (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Claude Sonnet 4 vs. Sonar Reasoning
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Overview

Sonar Reasoning was released 3 months before Claude Sonnet 4.
Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
Sonar ReasoningSonar Reasoning
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
Anthropic logoAnthropic
Perplexity logoPerplexity
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
200K
tokens
127K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
64K
tokens
Not specified
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
May 22nd, 2025
January 29th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

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Claude Sonnet 4
Sonar Reasoning
Input Types
Supported input formats
🖼️Image📝Text📁File
📝Text
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
ClaudeOther
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation

Pricing

Claude Sonnet 4 is roughly 3.0x more expensive compared to Sonar Reasoning for input tokens and roughly 3.0x more expensive for output tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
Sonar ReasoningSonar Reasoning
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$3.00
per million tokens
$1.00
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$15.00
per million tokens
$5.00
per million tokens

Benchmarks

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Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
Sonar ReasoningSonar Reasoning
MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
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Benchmark not available.
MMMU
Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag
Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Claude Sonnet 4 and Sonar Reasoning unique.
Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Premium pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released May 22nd, 2025.
Perplexity logoSonar Reasoning by Perplexity offers advanced reasoning. It can handle standard conversations with its 127K token context window. Reasonably priced at $1.00/M input and $5.00/M output tokens. Released January 29th, 2025.

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