Tier
Moderate
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2022
Flagship
Perplexity / Comet
Models tracked
5
Artificial Analysis
Top intelligence
17.8
Artificial Analysis Index
Cheapest model
$0.00
blended /1M
Fastest output
0
tokens / sec
Flagship Model
Perplexity AI’s top-scoring model on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
Most intelligent model
Sonar Reasoning Pro
Released 2025-01-28
Intelligence
17.8
Coding
—
Math
—
In $/1M
$0.00
Out $/1M
$0.00
Speed t/s
0
Benchmark breakdown
GPQA Diamond—
Humanity’s Last Exam—
SciCode—
τ²-Bench (agentic)—
Terminal-Bench Hard—
IFBench—
Models & benchmarks
Every Perplexity AI model on file — intelligence, coding, price, and speed.
| Model | Released | Intel | Coding | Math | In $/1M | Out $/1M | Speed t/s | Latency s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Reasoning Pro | 2025-01-28 | 17.8 | — | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sonar Reasoning | 2025-01-28 | 11.7 | — | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sonar | 2025-01-21 | 9.5 | — | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sonar Pro | 2025-01-21 | 9.3 | — | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| R1 1776 | 2025-02-18 | 6.3 | — | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
Trajectory
Perplexity AI’s model releases over time, by intelligence.
Jan 2025 · 9.5-3.2 indexFeb 2025 · 6.3
House strengths
Where Perplexity AI’s lineup over-indexes, averaged across its models.
Capability profile
Reasoning
47
Coding
26
Math
88
Agentic—
Instruction—
Best value
No pricing data to rank value.