Sonar vs Claude Opus 5.5
Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison
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Compare Sonar by Perplexity against Claude Opus 5.5 by Anthropic across real-world coding, reasoning, token economics, and latency.
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Sonar
Modello IA ad Alte PrestazioniSonar di Perplexity è un modello di intelligenza artificiale con finestra di contesto da 128K token e tariffazione API di $1/1M token in input e $1/1M in output, ideale per coding, ragionamento e automazione aziendale.
$1.00 / 1M
$1.00 / 1M
128K tokens
N/A
Claude Opus 5.5
Modello di Ragionamento ProfondoClaude Opus 5.5 di Anthropic è un modello di intelligenza artificiale con finestra di contesto da 1M token e tariffazione API di $4.0/1M token in input e $20.0/1M in output, ideale per coding, ragionamento e automazione aziendale.
$4.00 / 1M
$20.00 / 1M
1M tokens
84.6%
Differenze Chiave a Colpo d’Occhio
- Sonar is 9.6x cheaper for API usage (input + output tokens combined).
- Claude Opus 5.5 has a larger context window (1M vs 128K tokens).
- Sonar is faster at 130 tok/s vs 78 tok/s.
| Feature | Sonar | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100) | 73 | 94 |
Provider | Perplexity | Anthropic |
Input Price Cost per million input tokens | $1.00 / 1M | $4.00 / 1M |
Output Price Cost per million output tokens | $1.00 / 1M | $20.00 / 1M |
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M | $0.37 / 1M | $3.08 / 1M |
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens | 128K tokens~192 A4 pages of text | 1M tokens~1,500 A4 pages of text |
Max Output Tokens Per single request | 4K | 128K |
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second | 130 tok/s | 78 tok/s |
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering | N/A | 84.6% |
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning | N/A | 82.3% |
Cached Input Price Prompt caching discount per 1M tokens | $0.10 / 1M | $0.40 / 1M |
Chi vince in ogni categoria?
At-a-glance decision frameworkEvaluations ongoing
Punteggi Benchmark Verificati
Official evaluation metrics verified by independent third-party research labs.
Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.
Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.
Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.
Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.
Extremely difficult, closed-ended questions spanning the frontier of human expert knowledge.
Autonomous multi-step tasks executed inside a real command-line terminal environment.
Research-grade coding problems drawn from real scientific and numerical workloads.
Contamination-free competitive programming problems collected continuously over time.
American Invitational Mathematics Examination — multi-step Olympiad-level reasoning.
Accuracy when reasoning over very large inputs that fill the model context window.
Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.
Latenza e Tempo di Risposta
Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.
Simulatore Interattivo dei Costi Token
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Sonar · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Architettura Web-Search Augmented Autoregressive Transformer avanzata di Perplexity con supporto fino a 128K token di contesto
- Ottimo rapporto qualità-prezzo ($1/1M input, $1/1M output) e bassa latenza
- Elevate prestazioni nei benchmark di programmazione, logica e comprensione multilingue
Considerations & Trade-offs
- L'utilizzo intensivo di contesti molto ampi richiede un attento monitoraggio dei costi dei token
- Per casi d'uso verticali complessi è consigliabile un prompt engineering mirato
Claude Opus 5.5 · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Architettura Extended Autonomous Hybrid Reasoning Transformer avanzata di Anthropic con supporto fino a 1M token di contesto
- Ottimo rapporto qualità-prezzo ($4.0/1M input, $20.0/1M output) e bassa latenza
- Elevate prestazioni nei benchmark di programmazione, logica e comprensione multilingue
Considerations & Trade-offs
- L'utilizzo intensivo di contesti molto ampi richiede un attento monitoraggio dei costi dei token
- Per casi d'uso verticali complessi è consigliabile un prompt engineering mirato
Token Use & Task Economics
Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.
| Metric | Sonar | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task | $0.05 | $3.85 |
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task | 10K | 68K |
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task | 0K | 42K |
Specifiche Tecniche
Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.
| Feature | Sonar | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Official API Model ID (SDK) | sonar | claude-opus-5-5-20260901 |
| API Protocol | Perplexity REST API (OpenAI-Compatible) | Anthropic Messages API + AWS Bedrock + Vertex AI |
| Release Date | 2024-01 | 2026-09 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | Real-time (Web-grounded) | June 2026 |
| Architecture | Web-Search Augmented Autoregressive Transformer | Extended Autonomous Hybrid Reasoning Transformer |
| Parameters | Confidential / Llama 3 Fine-Tune | Confidential |
| Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM) | 5,000 – 15,000 RPM (Production Tier) · 800,000 – 2,000,000 TPM | 4,000 – 10,000 RPM (Tier 4 + Priority Tier) · 4,000,000 – 10,000,000 TPM |
| Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K) | Flat rate ($1/1M in) across full 128K window | Standard rate up to 200K tokens; 2x input/output tier above 200K tokens |
| Prompt Cache Policy & TTL | Cached input at $0.1/1M tokens | $0.4/1M cached read (90% off); 5-min default & 1-hour extended TTL |
| Computer Use / GUI Agent | API / CLI Tool-Use & DOM Agent ready (no raw pixel desktop click loop) | Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops) |
| MCP & Parallel Tool Calling | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema |
| Web Search Grounding & Sandbox | Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools | Native Web Search Citations + Code Execution Tool + MCP Connectors |
| Official Fine-Tuning Support | API Prompt Engineering & RAG Distillation | Custom Model Tuning via Amazon Bedrock & Prompt Distillation |
| Multimodal Token Billing | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile) |
| Quantization & Min GPU VRAM | Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API) | Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API) |
| Safety & Frontier Classification | Perplexity Production Safety & Alignment Verified | Anthropic RSP ASL-2 / ASL-3 Constitutional Safety Evaluated |
| Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2) | SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier | SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier |
| Input Modalities | text | text, vision |
| Output Modalities | text | text |
Sonar vs Claude Opus 5.5: Risposte Rapide (FAQ)
Which is more intelligent, Sonar or Claude Opus 5.5?
Claude Opus 5.5 is more intelligent. It scores 94 compared with 73 on the composite Intelligence Index.
Which model is faster?
Sonar is faster, generating 130 tokens per second compared with 78 tokens per second.
Which model is cheaper to run?
Sonar is cheaper at $0.37 per 1M tokens blended, compared with $3.08 (7:2:1 cache:input:output ratio).
Which model has lower latency?
Sonar has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.35s compared with 1.40s.
Which model has a larger context window?
Claude Opus 5.5 has a larger context window, supporting 1M tokens compared with 128K tokens.
Verdetto
Choose Sonar for automazione enterprise, sviluppo software, agenti ia autonomi e pipeline di produzione perplexity, or choose Claude Opus 5.5 for automazione enterprise, sviluppo software, agenti ia autonomi e pipeline di produzione anthropic.
Domande Frequenti (FAQ)
Which is cheaper: Sonar or Claude Opus 5.5?+
Sonar costs $1/1M input and $1/1M output tokens, while Claude Opus 5.5 costs $4/1M input and $20/1M output tokens.
Which model has a larger context window: Sonar or Claude Opus 5.5?+
Sonar supports 128K tokens whereas Claude Opus 5.5 supports 1M tokens.
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Benchmark scores, token prices, and rate limits evolve rapidly as AI labs release model updates. Always verify current specifications and pricing on the official provider documentation.
Fonti ufficiali: Perplexity & Anthropic Official Documentation