Sonar Deep Research vs Skyfall 36B V2
Skyfall 36B V2 costs 10.0x less per output token than Sonar Deep Research ($0.80 vs $8.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $8.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.80
Sonar Deep Research or Skyfall 36B V2: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Sonar Deep Research for a larger context window (128K against 33K 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
Sonar Deep Research
Sonar Deep Research takes 128K tokens against 33K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Skyfall 36B V2
Sonar Deep Research $0.0060, Skyfall 36B V2 $0.0009 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Sonar Deep Research not benchmarked, Skyfall 36B V2 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
- Sonar Deep Research $8.00 against Skyfall 36B V2 $0.80 per million output tokens, 10.0x apart.
- Context window
- Sonar Deep Research takes 128K tokens, Skyfall 36B V2 33K.
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
Skyfall 36B V2 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Skyfall 36B V2 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Skyfall 36B V2 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 | Perplexity Sonar Deep Research | TheDrummer Skyfall 36B V2 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Perplexity | TheDrummer |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | March 7, 2025 | March 10, 2025 |
| Context window | 128K | 33K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.55 |
| Output $/Mtok | $8.00 | $0.80 |
| 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 Sonar Deep Research better than Skyfall 36B V2 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Sonar Deep Research for a larger context window (128K against 33K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Sonar Deep Research or Skyfall 36B V2?
Sonar Deep Research costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $8.00 per million output tokens; Skyfall 36B V2 costs $0.55 and $0.80. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Sonar Deep Research or Skyfall 36B V2?
Sonar Deep Research, with 128K tokens against 33K.
Has any benchmark tested both Sonar Deep Research and Skyfall 36B V2?
No benchmark has tested either model yet, so price and context are the only way to compare them. Data as of October 22, 2026.