Model comparison
Palm 2 vs Sonar
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
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PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Sonar leads 52.6 to 25.6.
Side by side
| Palm 2 | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Perplexity | |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 38.5 |
| Released | — | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Sonar leads
Palm 2: 29.0 (#311), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 994 | — |
Reasoning Sonar leads
Palm 2: 19.1 (#271), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Sonar leads
Palm 2: 30.8 (#231), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1049 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Palm 2: 20.9 (#295), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | — |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
Palm 2: 51.0 (#296), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Palm 2: 30.8 (#285), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Palm 2: 25.6 (#304), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Palm 2 better than Sonar?
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Palm 2 or Sonar better for coding?
Sonar scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.7 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.