Model comparison
Perplexity Sonar Pro Search vs Gemini 2.5 Pro
Capability radar, value bars, and side-by-side posture.
Perplexity Sonar Pro Search
Not scored
value score
Gemini 2.5 Pro
93
value score
Perplexity Sonar Pro Search ctx
—
Gemini 2.5 Pro ctx
1.0M
Capability radar
Value · context · multimodal · openness · speed posture
Value head-to-head
- Gemini 2.5 Pro93
Attribute tape
| Field | Perplexity Sonar Pro Search | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Perplexity | Google DeepMind |
| Context | — | 1.0M |
| Modalities | Text, Code, Image, Audio, Video | |
| Openness | — | Proprietary Model |
| Speed | — | — |
| Price | — | $1.25/1M in · $10/1M out |
| Value score | — | 93 |
| Summary | Sonar Pro Search is Perplexity AI's most advanced agentic search model, combining live web retrieval, multi-step reasoning, and citation-rich synthesis to answer complex research queries via API. It delivers approximately 2× more sources than standard Sonar and supports automated tool use for deeper analysis. | Google frontier multimodal model. |