Model comparison
Perplexity Sonar Pro Search vs o3
Capability radar, value bars, and side-by-side posture.
Perplexity Sonar Pro Search
Not scored
value score
o3
93
value score
Perplexity Sonar Pro Search ctx
—
o3 ctx
200K
Capability radar
Value · context · multimodal · openness · speed posture
Value head-to-head
- o393
Attribute tape
| Field | Perplexity Sonar Pro Search | o3 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Perplexity | OpenAI |
| Context | — | 200K |
| Modalities | Text, Code | |
| Openness | — | Proprietary Model |
| Speed | — | — |
| Price | — | $10/1M in · $40/1M 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. | OpenAI reasoning model focused on hard problems. |