Sonar Pro on HumanEval: score, rank and what it means
Sonar Pro scores 79.0 on HumanEval, placing it #266 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HumanEval, with Sonar Pro highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 2 | Gemini 3 Pro Pro | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.80 | 87.3 |
| 3 | o4 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.51 | 86.2 |
| 4 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 8 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 10 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
What this score means
On HumanEval, Sonar Pro sits at #266 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 96.8, so the gap to the top is 17.8 points. The median model in this index scores 77.4, which puts Sonar Pro above the midpoint.
Perplexity models average 78.6 on this benchmark. Sonar Pro is 0.4 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Perplexity model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 82.2. Sonar Pro is 3.2 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 79.0 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 $11.25 per million input tokens, Sonar Pro is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on HumanEval. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fusion Max | OpenRouter | 65536 | $9.14 | 72.5 |
| Llama 3 DeepInfra | DeepInfra | 128000 | $3.67 | 74.0 |
| Yi-Lightning Instruct | 01.AI | 128000 | $4.16 | 76.5 |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Mini | Google DeepMind | 128000 | $10.07 | 74.2 |
| Sonar Pro | Perplexity | 65536 | $11.25 | 77.1 |
| GPT-4.1 Mini | OpenAI | 128000 | $10.43 | 74.3 |
| Llama 3 Modal Base | Modal | 16384 | $3.21 | 72.2 |
Other benchmarks for Sonar Pro
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 81.1 | 146 | 76th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 69.9 | 269 | 55th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 67.4 | 160 | 73th | |
| MATH-500 | 82.3 | 158 | 74th | |
| AIME 2025 | 75.0 | 154 | 74th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 72.4 | 140 | 77th | |
| IFEval | 83.7 | 221 | 63th | |
| TruthfulQA | 80.8 | 163 | 73th | |
| HellaSwag | 85.5 | 229 | 62th | |
| MMMU | 71.5 | 259 | 57th | |
| Arena Elo | 1413.5 | 175 | 71th |
FAQ
What score does Sonar Pro get on HumanEval?
Sonar Pro scores 79.0 on HumanEval in this index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the top score is 96.8.
How does Sonar Pro rank on HumanEval?
It ranks #266 of 600 models, in the 56th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Is Sonar Pro good at HumanEval?
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 HumanEval score calculated?
HumanEval is a coding 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 Pro cost?
Sonar Pro costs $11.25 per million input tokens and $46.14 per million output tokens.