Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct vs Sonar Pro (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct vs. Sonar Pro

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Overview

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct was released 9 months before Sonar Pro.

	Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct	Sonar Pro
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development	Microsoft	Perplexity
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	Not specified tokens	8K tokens
Release Date When this model first became publicly available	May 26, 2024 1 year ago May 26th, 2024	March 7, 2025 8 months ago March 7th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities

	Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct	Sonar Pro
Input Types Supported input formats	📝Text	📝Text🖼️Image
Output Types Supported output formats	📝Text	📝Text
Tokenizer Text encoding system	Other	Other
Key Features Advanced capabilities	✓Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation	Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source Model availability	Available on HuggingFace →	Proprietary

Pricing

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct is roughly 0.03x less expensive compared to Sonar Pro for input tokens and significantly less expensive for output tokens.

	Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct	Sonar Pro
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens	$0.10 per million tokens	$3.00 per million tokens
Output Token Cost Cost per million outut tokens	$0.10 per million tokens	$15.00 per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct and Sonar Pro.

	Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct	Sonar 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 Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct and Sonar Pro unique.

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct by Microsoft can use external tools and APIs. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Very affordable at $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output tokens. Released May 26th, 2024.

Sonar 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.