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Text embedding 3 large vs Sonar Pro
OpenAI vs Perplexity — head-to-head specs and pricing.
OpenAI
Text embedding 3 large
High-quality OpenAI embeddings.
3072-dim embeddings for retrieval, clustering, classification. Best-in-class semantic quality.
Perplexity
Sonar Pro
Online LLM with live citations.
Perplexity Sonar Pro — a chat model with live web search and inline source citations.
| Spec | Text embedding 3 large | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Perplexity |
| Input cost / 1M tokens | — | $3.60 |
| Output cost / 1M tokens | — | $18.00 |
| Context window | — | 200,000 tokens |
| Max output tokens | — | — |
| Streaming support | — | ✓ |
| Tool calling | — | — |
| Vision input | — | — |
| JSON mode | — | — |
| Status | ACTIVE | ACTIVE |
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