Specification

Release date: 27 Jan 2025
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 3 h agomedium
Status: deprecated
Source:Artificial AnalysisT2observed 2 h agomedium
Openness: proprietary
Source:Artificial AnalysisT2observed 2 h agomedium
Context window: 127K tokens
Source:Artificial AnalysisT2observed 2 h agomedium
Max output: 114.4K tokens
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 3 h agomedium
Modalities: image, text
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 3 h agomedium
Input modalities: image, text
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 3 h agomedium
Output modalities: text
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 3 h agomedium
Openrouter id: perplexity/sonar
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 3 h agomedium
Supported parameters: frequency_penalty, max_tokens, presence_penalty, temperature, top_k, top_p, web_search_options
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 3 h agomedium

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Provenance

Attributed facts

15

Source tiers

T215

Freshest observation

2 h ago

Conflicts

None

Modalities

Modalities: imagetext
Input: imagetext
Output: text

Capabilities

Tool calling
No
OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2
Structured output
No
OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2
Reasoning
No
Artificial Analysis · T2
Vision
Yes
OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2
Audio
Unavailable
Fine-tuning available
Unavailable

Context window: 127K tokens
Source:Artificial AnalysisT2observed 2 h agomedium
Max output: 114.4K tokens
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 3 h agomedium

Benchmark results
Benchmark	Score	Metric	Config	Evaluated	Source
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index	7.71	index	aa_slug=sonar · version=4.3 · estimated=true	—	artificialanalysis.aiT2
GPQA	47.07%	accuracy	aa_slug=sonar · variant=GPQA Diamond · evaluator=Artificial Analysis · index_version=4.3	—	artificialanalysis.aiT2
Humanity's Last Exam	4.88%	accuracy	aa_slug=sonar · evaluator=Artificial Analysis · index_version=4.3	—	artificialanalysis.aiT2

Scores are reported as published, with their evaluation configuration (harness, prompting, judge). Results with different configs are not directly comparable — see methodology.

Current prices

Current prices per 1M tokens
Provider	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Cached in	Batch in / out	Context	Observed	Source
Perplexity APIperplexity/sonar	$1	$1	—	—	127.1K	2 h ago	openrouter.aiT2

USD per 1M tokens as published by each provider (USD). Rows are append-only: every change is kept in the history below.

Available through 1

Perplexity API

Price history

Input price · USD / 1M tokens

Output price · USD / 1M tokens

Perplexity API

No hardware estimate available

Estimates need a parameter count; this model has none recorded from a source.

No lineage recorded

Lineage comes from explicit `derived_from`, `fine_tuned_from`, `distilled_from` and `quantized_from` relations stated by sources.

Papers 0

No papers linked yet.

Repositories 0

No repositories linked yet.

As of

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Claim history

16 claims · 15 properties

Release daterelease_date1

Claim history for Release date
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
27 Jan 2025	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Statusstatus1

Claim history for Status
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
deprecated	11 Sept 2026 22:42 UTC → current	current	Artificial AnalysisT2	medium	deterministic

Opennessopenness1

Claim history for Openness
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
proprietary	11 Sept 2026 22:42 UTC → current	current	Artificial AnalysisT2	medium	deterministic

Context windowcontext_length2

Claim history for Context window
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
127K tokens	11 Sept 2026 22:42 UTC → current	current	Artificial AnalysisT2	medium	deterministic
127.1K tokens	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → 11 Sept 2026 22:42 UTC	superseded	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Max outputmax_output_tokens1

Claim history for Max output
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
114.4K tokens	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Modalitiesmodalities1

Claim history for Modalities
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
image, text	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Input modalitiesmodalities_input1

Claim history for Input modalities
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
image, text	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Output modalitiesmodalities_output1

Claim history for Output modalities
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
text	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Descriptiondescription1

Claim history for Description
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use — now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources. It is designed for companies seeking to integrate lightweight question-and-answer features...	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Openrouter idopenrouter_id1

Claim history for Openrouter id
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
perplexity/sonar	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Reasoningreasoning1

Claim history for Reasoning
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
No	11 Sept 2026 22:42 UTC → current	current	Artificial AnalysisT2	medium	deterministic

Structured outputstructured_output1

Claim history for Structured output
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
No	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Supported parameterssupported_parameters1

Claim history for Supported parameters
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
frequency_penalty, max_tokens, presence_penalty, temperature, top_k, top_p, web_search_options	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Tool callingtool_calling1

Claim history for Tool calling
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
No	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Visionvision1

Claim history for Vision
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
Yes	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Claims are temporal and append-only: a new observation closes the previous claim (valid_to) instead of overwriting it. Conflicting claims from different sources are kept side by side and flagged — never averaged. Methodology →

11 Sept 2026
Benchmark resultModelSonarPerplexity AI
Sonar scores 4.88% on Humanity's Last Exam
artificial_analysis
artificialanalysis.ai
11 Sept 2026
Benchmark resultModelSonarPerplexity AI
Sonar scores 47.07% on GPQA
artificial_analysis
artificialanalysis.ai
11 Sept 2026
Benchmark resultModelSonarPerplexity AI
Sonar scores 7.71 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
artificial_analysis
artificialanalysis.ai
11 Sept 2026
Context window changedModelSonarPerplexity AI
Sonar: context length changed from 127072 to 127000
Context window127.1K tokens→127K tokensartificial_analysis
artificialanalysis.ai
27 Jan 2025
New modelModelSonarPerplexity AI
New model: Sonar (Perplexity AI)
openrouter
openrouter.ai
11 Sept 2026
Listed by providerModelSonarPerplexity AI
Perplexity API lists Sonar at $1 in / $1 out per 1M tokens
openrouter
openrouter.ai

Full timeline →

Source documents
Source	Document	Type	Tier	Last observed	Snapshots
Artificial Analysis	artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models	leaderboard	T2· Quality secondary	2 h ago	1
OpenRouter public model & pricing listing	openrouter.ai/api/v1/models	catalogue	T2· Quality secondary	2 h ago	2

Tier 1 = official/primary, 2 = quality secondary, 3 = community, 4 = unverified. Every snapshot is archived; see all sources and the methodology.