Sonar Reasoning Pro vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Sonar Reasoning Pro leads Qwen2.5 72B Instruct on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 11.8 to 7.7, and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs 20.0x less per output token ($0.40 vs $8.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 1 benchmarks have a result for both.
Sonar Reasoning Pro or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Sonar Reasoning Pro for a larger context window (128K against 33K tokens).
- Shared results
- 1
- Sonar Reasoning Pro only
- 0
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct only
- 52
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
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
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Sonar Reasoning Pro
Sonar Reasoning Pro leads, 11.8 against 7.7.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Sonar Reasoning Pro
Sonar Reasoning Pro takes 128K tokens against 33K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Sonar Reasoning Pro $0.0060, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct $0.0006 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Sonar Reasoning Pro not benchmarked, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Intelligence, 4.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Intelligence Index: Sonar Reasoning Pro 11.8 against Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 7.7, 4.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Sonar Reasoning Pro $8.00 against Qwen2.5 72B Instruct $0.40 per million output tokens, 20.0x apart.
- Context window
- Sonar Reasoning Pro takes 128K tokens, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 33K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Bars | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 1 | 0 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 27.6% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 4.5% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 16.0% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1292 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1292 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 11.8 | 7.7 | Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 129.0 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 34.5% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| METR time horizons | Not measured | 35.8% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| BALROG | Not measured | 16.2% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| TheAgentCompany | Not measured | 5.7% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 49.1% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 3.6% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 49.1% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| BIG-Bench Hard | Not measured | 79.8% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1271 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1245 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1279 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 14.0 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 14.0% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 8.1% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| MATH level 5 | Not measured | 63.2% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1283 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1290 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 72.0% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| MMLU | Not measured | 85.3% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| AI2 Reasoning Challenge | Not measured | 94.5% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1275 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1258 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1288 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1253 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 36.9% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 62.9% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 13.4% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| HellaSwag | Not measured | 84.8% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| WinoGrande | Not measured | 82.3% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| PIQA | Not measured | 82.6% | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1269 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1254 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1221 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1283 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1252 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1273 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1234 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1180 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1188 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1280 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1255 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1264 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1272 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1281 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1247 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1211 | Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
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
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 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 Reasoning Pro | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Perplexity | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | March 7, 2025 | September 19, 2024 |
| Context window | 128K | 33K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.36 |
| Output $/Mtok | $8.00 | $0.40 |
| 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 Reasoning Pro better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Sonar Reasoning Pro for a larger context window (128K against 33K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Sonar Reasoning Pro or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Sonar Reasoning Pro costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $8.00 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs $0.36 and $0.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Sonar Reasoning Pro or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Sonar Reasoning Pro, with 128K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks is the Sonar Reasoning Pro vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct comparison based on?
1 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Sonar Reasoning Pro's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.