Explore Perplexity: Sonar Pro's Advanced Query Features

Handle complex queries with Sonar Pro's extensive capabilities.

Input: text · image Output: text Context: 200,000 tokens Release: 2025-03-07

Perplexity: Sonar Pro, released in March 2025 by Perplexity, is designed for enterprises needing advanced query capabilities. With a larger context window of 200,000 characters, it efficiently manages long, nuanced searches and follow-up questions. This model supports both text and image inputs, providing text outputs. Key features include the ability to handle in-depth, multi-step queries and double the average number of citations per search compared to its predecessor. Sonar Pro's flexibility is enhanced by parameters like frequency_penalty, max_tokens, and temperature, making it a versatile tool for handling complex information retrieval tasks.

Use Cases

Here are a few ways teams apply Perplexity: Sonar Pro in practice—from fast drafting to multimodal understanding. Adapt these ideas to your workflow.

Conduct comprehensive research with detailed queries

Integrate image and text data for richer insights

Enhance information retrieval with extensive citations

Customize search parameters for tailored results

Key Features

A quick look at the capabilities that make this model useful in real projects.

Larger context window for nuanced searches

Handles text and image inputs

Double citations per search

Supports multi-step queries

Extensible with various parameters

Specs

Overview

Vendor
perplexity

Model ID
perplexity/sonar-pro

Release
2025-03-07

Modalities & context

Input
text · image

Output
text

Context
200,000 tokens

Parameters & defaults

Supported parameters: frequency_penalty, max_tokens, presence_penalty, temperature, top_k, top_p, web_search_options

Defaults: temperature 0.2, top_p 0.95

Benchmark tests: Perplexity: Sonar Pro

We ran this model against a few representative prompts to show its range. Review the outputs below and be the judge.

Text

Prompt:

Write 150 words on how AI might positively upend work, leisure and creativity

AI is poised to positively transform work, leisure, and creativity by automating repetitive tasks, enhancing productivity, and democratizing access to creative tools. In the workplace, AI can handle routine data analysis and administrative duties, allowing humans to focus on strategic, interpersonal, and creative aspects of their jobs[5][7]. This shift not only boosts efficiency but also increases job satisfaction by freeing workers from mundane tasks and enabling them to engage in more meaningful work[3]. In leisure, AI personalizes experiences and supports lifelong learning, making hobbies and skill development more accessible and tailored to individual interests[12][8]. For creativity, AI acts as a collaborative tool, generating novel ideas, assisting with brainstorming, and enabling non-experts to produce art, music, and writing[2][4][10]. By expanding creative possibilities and reducing barriers, AI empowers more people to innovate and express themselves, fundamentally reshaping how society works, plays, and creates.

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Image

Prompt:

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle.

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