Model comparison
GPT-6 Astra vs Sonar Reasoning Pro
GPT-6 Astra has enough public results to be ranked (#1); Sonar Reasoning Pro does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
PerplexitySummary
- Sonar Reasoning Pro is cheaper at $2 / $8 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for GPT-6 Astra.
- GPT-6 Astra accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| GPT-6 Astra | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 70.8 | — |
| Released | 2026-09-03 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 128K |
| Max output | 128K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $10 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $50 | $8 |
| Results tracked | 56 | 1 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2), Sonar Reasoning Pro: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Sonar Reasoning Pro |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | 74.1% | — |
| FrontierCode | 53.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1786 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 65.5% | — |
| SciCode | 56.5% | — |
| GSO | 79.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 93.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1487 | — |
| MirrorCode | 46.7% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 2,951 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3), Sonar Reasoning Pro: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Sonar Reasoning Pro |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 64.7% | — |
| Remote Labor Index | 20.8% | — |
| BALROG | 68.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 34.2% | — |
| LMArena Search | — | 1139 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 15,515 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1), Sonar Reasoning Pro: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Sonar Reasoning Pro |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 95% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 98.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.5% | — |
| CritPt | 31.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 72% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 76.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1462 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 84% | — |
| DTBench | 97.3% | — |
| LMCA | 64.4% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.14 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 166.45 | — |
Math Not comparable
GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2), Sonar Reasoning Pro: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Sonar Reasoning Pro |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 93.7% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 97.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1465 | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 2.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1), Sonar Reasoning Pro: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Sonar Reasoning Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 95.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 54.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 75.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1483 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3), Sonar Reasoning Pro: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Sonar Reasoning Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1281 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 49.7% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 80% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1468 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61), Sonar Reasoning Pro: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Sonar Reasoning Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1484 | — |
| LMArena French | 1456 | — |
| LMArena German | 1440 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1379 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1426 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1407 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44), Sonar Reasoning Pro: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Sonar Reasoning Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1450 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62), Sonar Reasoning Pro: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Sonar Reasoning Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1456 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7), Sonar Reasoning Pro: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Sonar Reasoning Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1441 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1418 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2173 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1448 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-6 Astra better than Sonar Reasoning Pro?
GPT-6 Astra has enough public results to be ranked (#1); Sonar Reasoning Pro does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra or Sonar Reasoning Pro?
Sonar Reasoning Pro is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $8 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Astra lists at $10 and $50.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-6 Astra does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Astra and Sonar Reasoning Pro share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Astra has 56 scored results on Noometry and Sonar Reasoning Pro has 1.