Llama 4 Maverick vs Sonar Pro Search
Compare Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI against Sonar Pro Search by Perplexity, context windows of 1.0M vs 200K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Llama 4 Maverick
Sonar Pro SearchRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Llama 4 Maverick has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Llama 4 Maverick is 6.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
2.0× cheaper
Output
$2.50
6.0× cheaper
Sonar Pro Search
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 6.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
46%
Sonar Pro Search uses 2.8x more headings
Llama 4 Maverick
Sonar Pro Search
42%Vocabulary60%
24wSentence Length22w
0.76Hedging0.30
3.7Bold2.7
6.3Lists2.6
0.00Emoji0.00
0.74Headings2.08
0.11Transitions0.07
Based on 12 + 25 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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