Sonar Max on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means
Sonar Max scores 78.9 on TruthfulQA, placing it #224 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with Sonar Max highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 2 | Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 3 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
| 7 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 8 | Qwen3-Max Max | Alibaba Cloud | 400000 | $18.53 | 85.9 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.01 | 86.0 |
| 10 | GPT-5.1 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.19 | 86.1 |
What this score means
On TruthfulQA, Sonar Max sits at #224 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 12.2 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts Sonar Max above the midpoint.
Perplexity models average 77.9 on this benchmark. Sonar Max is 1.0 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Perplexity model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 80.1. Sonar Max is 1.2 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 78.9 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $11.60 per million input tokens, Sonar Max is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on TruthfulQA. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 Base | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $4.33 | 77.4 |
| Reka Core | Reka AI | 32768 | $12.17 | 77.4 |
| Reka Flash | Reka AI | 128000 | $9.95 | 74.1 |
| Llama 3 Novita Chat | Novita AI | 65536 | $3.50 | 74.2 |
| Sonar Max | Perplexity | 32768 | $11.60 | 77.8 |
| MiniMax-Text | MiniMax | 32768 | $4.44 | 77.0 |
| Mistral Small 3 Chat | Mistral AI | 200000 | $3.54 | 73.7 |
Other benchmarks for Sonar Max
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 81.3 | 141 | 77th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 73.7 | 180 | 70th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 63.0 | 253 | 58th | |
| HumanEval | 82.1 | 186 | 69th | |
| MATH-500 | 83.3 | 143 | 76th | |
| AIME 2025 | 74.9 | 156 | 74th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 72.8 | 133 | 78th | |
| IFEval | 85.2 | 188 | 69th | |
| HellaSwag | 85.3 | 232 | 61th | |
| MMMU | 75.4 | 156 | 74th | |
| Arena Elo | 1395.2 | 227 | 62th |
FAQ
What score does Sonar Max get on TruthfulQA?
Sonar Max scores 78.9 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.
How does Sonar Max rank on TruthfulQA?
It ranks #224 of 600 models, in the 63rd percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Is Sonar Max good at TruthfulQA?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the TruthfulQA score calculated?
TruthfulQA is a safety benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does Sonar Max cost?
Sonar Max costs $11.60 per million input tokens and $42.81 per million output tokens.