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Grok 4 Fast vs Sonar (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Grok 4 Fast vs. Sonar
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Overview

Sonar was released 7 months before Grok 4 Fast.
Grok 4 FastGrok 4 Fast
SonarSonar
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
XAI logoXAI
Perplexity logoPerplexity
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
2M
tokens
127.1K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
30K
tokens
Not specified
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
September 19th, 2025
January 27th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
Grok 4 Fast
Sonar
Input Types
Supported input formats
📝Text🖼️Image
📝Text🖼️Image
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
GrokOther
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation

Pricing

Grok 4 Fast is roughly 0.2x less expensive compared to Sonar for input tokens and roughly 0.5x less expensive for output tokens.
Grok 4 FastGrok 4 Fast
SonarSonar
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$0.20
per million tokens
$1.00
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$0.50
per million tokens
$1.00
per million tokens

Benchmarks

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Grok 4 FastGrok 4 Fast
SonarSonar
MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
Benchmark not available.
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MMMU
Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains
Benchmark not available.
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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 Grok 4 Fast and Sonar unique.
XAI logoGrok 4 Fast by XAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 2M token context window. Very affordable at $0.20/M input and $0.50/M output tokens. Released September 19th, 2025.
Perplexity logoSonar by Perplexity understands both text and images. It can handle standard conversations with its 127.1K token context window. Reasonably priced at $1.00/M input and $1.00/M output tokens. Released January 27th, 2025.

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