Aion-3.0-Mini vs Sonar Deep Research
Aion-3.0-Mini costs 5.7x less per output token than Sonar Deep Research ($1.40 vs $8.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $1.40
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $8.00
Aion-3.0-Mini or Sonar Deep Research: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Aion-3.0-Mini for output tokens 5.7x cheaper ($1.40 vs $8.00 per million) and a larger context window (131K against 128K tokens).
No benchmark has tested either model yet, so price and context are the only way to compare them.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Aion-3.0-Mini
Aion-3.0-Mini takes 131K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Aion-3.0-Mini
Aion-3.0-Mini $0.0014, Sonar Deep Research $0.0060 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Aion-3.0-Mini not benchmarked, Sonar Deep Research not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Aion-3.0-Mini $1.40 against Sonar Deep Research $8.00 per million output tokens, 5.7x apart.
- Context window
- Aion-3.0-Mini takes 131K tokens, Sonar Deep Research 128K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Aion-3.0-Mini costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Aion-3.0-Mini costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Aion-3.0-Mini costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | AionLabs Aion-3.0-Mini | Perplexity Sonar Deep Research |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Aion Labs | Perplexity |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | July 7, 2026 | March 7, 2025 |
| Context window | 131K | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.70 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.40 | $8.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Aion-3.0-Mini better than Sonar Deep Research for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Aion-3.0-Mini for output tokens 5.7x cheaper ($1.40 vs $8.00 per million) and a larger context window (131K against 128K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Aion-3.0-Mini or Sonar Deep Research?
Aion-3.0-Mini costs $0.70 per million input tokens and $1.40 per million output tokens; Sonar Deep Research costs $2.00 and $8.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Aion-3.0-Mini or Sonar Deep Research?
Aion-3.0-Mini, with 131K tokens against 128K.
Has any benchmark tested both Aion-3.0-Mini and Sonar Deep Research?
No benchmark has tested either model yet, so price and context are the only way to compare them. Data as of October 22, 2026.