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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search benchmark

Name: Claude Opus 4.5 vs Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Claude Opus 4.5 (Anthropic) and Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search (perplexity) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search wins on output price at $15/1M. Claude Opus 4.5 has the larger context window (200k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.5

Anthropic frontier coding and computer-use model. SWE-bench leader on the official mini-SWE-agent harness in the Feb 2026 refresh.

Elo 1,568$25/1M out

perplexity

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (perplexity/sonar-pro-search). Preview until a second source matches.

$15/1M out

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Quick vs:vs Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs GPT-5

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude Opus 4.5 (7)vsPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search (2)

Claude Opus 4.5: 7W (78%)Overall: Claude Opus 4.5Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search: 2W (22%)

← Claude Opus 4.51 tiesPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search →

Claude Opus 4.5 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,568vs—

Coding Elo

1,574vs—

SWE-bench

76.8%vs—

LiveBench

71.2%vs—

GPQA Diamond

84.1%vs—

Claude Opus 4.5: 5WPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search: 0W

Claude Opus 4.5 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

62 tok/svs—

Time to first token

380 msvs—

Claude Opus 4.5: 2WPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search: 0W

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$25/1Mvs$15/1M

Input price

$5/1Mvs$3/1M

Context window

200kvs200k

Claude Opus 4.5: 0WPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search: 2W

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Dimensional AdvantageClaude Opus 4.5 4/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Price Efficiency

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search

$10.00/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,568

EloHigh is better

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Code Elo

High is better

1,574

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

71.2%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

76.8%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

84.1%

GPQAHigh is better

—

TTFT

Low is better

380 ms

TTFTLow is better

—

Speed

High is better

62 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

—

In $

Low is better

$5/1M

In $Low is better

$3/1M+67%

Out $

Low is better

$25/1M

Out $Low is better

$15/1M+67%

Context

High is better

200k

ContextHigh is better

200k

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Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 40% with Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Claude Opus 4.5$550.00 / mo

In: $175.00Out: $375.00

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search$330.00 / mo

In: $105.00Out: $225.00

Estimated Cost Delta

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search is estimated to save $220.00/month ($2,640/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search:Pick Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search

Lower output list price ($15/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGClaude Opus 4.5

Larger window (200k).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4.5

Claude Opus 4.5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search	Lower output list price ($15/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Claude Opus 4.5	Larger window (200k).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 4.5	Claude Opus 4.5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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launchFeb 20, 2026

Claude Opus 4.5 and the Feb 2026 SWE-bench row we still cite

The Feb refresh made 4.5 a coding reference. Newer Opus SKUs exist; this row stays as the dated harness point.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.5

Elo 1,568

LiveBench71.2%

SWE-bench76.8%

Speed62 tok/s

Output cost$25/1M

perplexity

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$15/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.5 or Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4.5 or Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search output tokens are $15/1M versus $25/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude Opus 4.5 or Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Claude Opus 4.5 accepts 200k tokens versus 200k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude Opus 4.5 and Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search benchmark

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Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude Opus 4.5 (7)vsPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search (2)

Claude Opus 4.5: 7W (78%)Overall: Claude Opus 4.5Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search: 2W (22%)

← Claude Opus 4.51 tiesPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search →

Claude Opus 4.5 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,568vs—

Coding Elo

1,574vs—

SWE-bench

76.8%vs—

LiveBench

71.2%vs—

GPQA Diamond

84.1%vs—

Claude Opus 4.5: 5WPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search: 0W

Claude Opus 4.5 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

62 tok/svs—

Time to first token

380 msvs—

Claude Opus 4.5: 2WPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search: 0W

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$25/1Mvs$15/1M

Input price

$5/1Mvs$3/1M

Context window

200kvs200k

Claude Opus 4.5: 0WPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search: 2W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search

Lower output list price ($15/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGClaude Opus 4.5

Larger window (200k).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4.5

Claude Opus 4.5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search	Lower output list price ($15/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Claude Opus 4.5	Larger window (200k).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 4.5	Claude Opus 4.5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.5 or Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4.5 or Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search output tokens are $15/1M versus $25/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Claude Opus 4.5 or Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Claude Opus 4.5 accepts 200k tokens versus 200k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude Opus 4.5 and Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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No shared data

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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No shared data

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search

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Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

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