xAI: Grok 4.20 vs Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro

Side-by-side comparison — pricing, context window, capabilities, and live leaderboard data.

Key differences

  • xAI: Grok 4.20 has a 2000K-token context window — 15.6× larger than Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro's 128K.
  • xAI: Grok 4.20 is 38% cheaper per 1K input tokens than Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro ($0.0013 vs $0.0020).
  • xAI: Grok 4.20 is built by xAI; Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro is built by Perplexity.

Specifications

xAI: Grok 4.20Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro
ProviderxAIPerplexity
Context window2000K128K
Max output tokens81928192
Input price / 1K tokens$0.0013$0.0020
Output price / 1K tokens$0.0025$0.0080
Vision supportYesYes
Function callingNoNo
LicenseProprietaryProprietary

About xAI: Grok 4.20

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Grok 4.20 is a reasoning model from xAI with industry-leading speed and agentic tool calling capabilities. It combines the lowest hallucination rate on the market with strict prompt adherance, delivering...

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About Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro

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Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing. See [details here](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/pricing#detailed-pricing-breakdown-for-sonar-reasoning-pro-and-sonar-pro) Sonar Reasoning Pro is a premier reasoning model powered by DeepSeek R1 with Chain of Thought (CoT). Designed for...

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