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GPT-5 Chat vs Sonar Deep Research (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: GPT-5 Chat vs. Sonar Deep Research
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Overview

Sonar Deep Research was released 5 months before GPT-5 Chat.
GPT-5 ChatGPT-5 Chat
Sonar Deep ResearchSonar Deep Research
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
128K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
16.4K
tokens
Not specified
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
August 7th, 2025
March 7th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
GPT-5 Chat
Sonar Deep Research
Input Types
Supported input formats
📁File🖼️Image📝Text
📝Text
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-5 Chat is roughly 0.6x less expensive compared to Sonar Deep Research for input tokens and roughly 1.3x more expensive for output tokens.
GPT-5 ChatGPT-5 Chat
Sonar Deep ResearchSonar Deep Research
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$1.25
per million tokens
$2.00
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$10.00
per million tokens
$8.00
per million tokens

Benchmarks

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GPT-5 ChatGPT-5 Chat
Sonar Deep ResearchSonar Deep Research
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-5 Chat and Sonar Deep Research unique.
OpenAI logoGPT-5 Chat by OpenAI understands both text and images, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Reasonably priced at $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released August 7th, 2025.
Perplexity logoSonar Deep Research by Perplexity offers advanced reasoning. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Reasonably priced at $2.00/M input and $8.00/M output tokens. Released March 7th, 2025.

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