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GPT-4o-mini Search Preview vs Sonar Pro (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview vs. Sonar Pro
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Overview

Sonar Pro was released 5 days before GPT-4o-mini Search Preview.
GPT-4o-mini Search PreviewGPT-4o-mini Search Preview
Sonar ProSonar Pro
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
OpenAI logoOpenAI
Perplexity logoPerplexity
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
128K
tokens
200K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
16.4K
tokens
8K
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
March 12th, 2025
March 7th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

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GPT-4o-mini Search Preview
Sonar Pro
Input Types
Supported input formats
📝Text
📝Text🖼️Image
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
GPTOther
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation

Pricing

GPT-4o-mini Search Preview is roughly 0.05x less expensive compared to Sonar Pro for input tokens and roughly 0.04x less expensive for output tokens.
GPT-4o-mini Search PreviewGPT-4o-mini Search Preview
Sonar ProSonar Pro
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$0.15
per million tokens
$3.00
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$0.60
per million tokens
$15.00
per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between GPT-4o-mini Search Preview and Sonar Pro.
GPT-4o-mini Search PreviewGPT-4o-mini Search Preview
Sonar ProSonar Pro
MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
Benchmark not available.
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 GPT-4o-mini Search Preview and Sonar Pro unique.
OpenAI logoGPT-4o-mini Search Preview by OpenAI generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Very affordable at $0.15/M input and $0.60/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released March 12th, 2025.
Perplexity logoSonar Pro by Perplexity understands both text and images. 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 March 7th, 2025.

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