Sonar (Reasoning): benchmark results
Provider: Perplexity. Released 2025-02-11. Access: API.
Unified ELO 1545 ± 1, rank #1019 of 3078 rated models, from 9 benchmark results.
Strongest benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Metric | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA GPQA Diamond | 62.32 | Accuracy (%) | 37.3 |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 8.67 | Intelligence Index | 36.9 |
| DeepResearch Bench - Citation Accuracy | 52.58 | Score (%) | 33.3 |
| DeepResearch Bench - Effective Citations | 13.37 | Effective Citations | 25 |
| DeepResearch Bench - Insight | 32.59 | Score (%) | 13.6 |
| DeepResearch Bench - Readability | 42.39 | Score (%) | 13.6 |
| DeepResearch Bench | 37.75 | Score (%) | 9.1 |
| DeepResearch Bench - Instruction Following | 44.42 | Score (%) | 9.1 |
| DeepResearch Bench - Comprehensiveness | 34.73 | Score (%) | 6.8 |
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