Model comparison
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Sonar Pro
Claude Sonnet 5.5 has enough public results to be ranked (#10); Sonar Pro does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
PerplexitySummary
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 is cheaper at $2 / $10 per million input/output tokens, against $3 / $15 for Sonar Pro.
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
Side by side
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sonar Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 61.9 | — |
| Released | 2026-09-28 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 200K |
| Max output | 128K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $3 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $15 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 1 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 67.3 (#6), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 52.1% | — |
| CursorBench | 55.5% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1774 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 61.9% | — |
| SciCode | 61% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1513 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,819 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.0 (#16), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 75.5% | — |
| LMArena Search | — | 1130 |
Reasoning Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 54.0 (#28), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80.5% | — |
| CritPt | 31.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1495 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 65% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 165.03 | — |
Math Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 87.9 (#6), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 88.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 80.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 100% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1510 | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 2.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#12), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 95.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1540 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 51.5 (#6), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1289 | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 75% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 55.3 (#30), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1452 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1522 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1451 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 78.3 (#11), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1495 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.9 (#28), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1498 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#40), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1465 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1474 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Sonar Pro?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 has enough public results to be ranked (#10); Sonar Pro does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Sonar Pro?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens; Sonar Pro lists at $3 and $15.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 does, with 1M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Sonar Pro share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 32 scored results on Noometry and Sonar Pro has 1.