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Perplexity Simple

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Perplexity Simple

sonar

A Perplexity model that gives fast, straightforward answers.

Context Window

127.0K

Max Output

128.0K

Avg output tokens (7d)

323 tokens

8%

Input Price (Auto)

$1.00/1M

Output Price (Auto)

$1.00/1M

Cache Read (Auto)

$0.50/1M

Benchmarks

Performance metrics and benchmarks

Sourced from Artificial Analysis.

Intelligence Index

9.4

Better than 30% of models compared

Reasoning

GPQA Diamond

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

47.1%

Better than 22% of models compared

HLE

Humanity's Last Exam

4.9%

Better than 30% of models compared

Coding

SciCode

Python programming for scientific computing

22.9%

Better than 24% of models compared

LiveCodeBench

Contamination-free coding benchmark

29.5%

Better than 35% of models compared

Math

AIME

American Invitational Mathematics Examination

48.7%

Better than 68% of models compared

Math-500

Diverse mathematical problem solving benchmark

81.7%

Better than 48% of models compared

Knowledge

MMLU-Pro

Professional and academic subject knowledge

68.9%

Better than 33% of models compared

Last updated Aug 16, 2026

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