Model comparison
o1-mini vs Sonar
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
PerplexitySummary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 1 category and Sonar in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Sonar leads 21.1 to 8.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Reasoning: 72.3% for o1-mini and 46.3% for Sonar.
Side by side
| o1-mini | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 34.0 | 38.5 |
| Released | 2024-09-12 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 39 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 48% | 35.1% |
| Aider Polyglot | 32.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 36.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 89% | — |
| MBPP+ | 78.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
Reasoning Sonar leads
o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 72.3% | 46.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | 57.8% | 46.9% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 18.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 14% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1333 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.82 | — |
Math o1-mini leads
o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 62% | 41.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 46.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1358 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 89.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 62.4% | — |
| Confabulations | 18.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1316 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1289 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1314 | — |
| LMArena French | 1293 | — |
| LMArena German | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1245 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1223 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1303 | — |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 65.4% | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1304 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | 40.9% | 44.1% |
| LMArena Text | 1317 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 64.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1314 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is o1-mini better than Sonar?
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is o1-mini or Sonar better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (35.5 vs 35.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Sonar share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.