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Ernie 4.5 Turbo vs Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research benchmark

Name: Ernie 4.5 Turbo vs Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research AI benchmark comparison
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In this head-to-head showdown, Ernie 4.5 Turbo is more budget-friendly at $1.2/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Executive Verdict Summary

Ernie 4.5 Turbo holds empirical advantage (2 of 2 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench

Ernie 4.5 TurboTop code solve rate

ReasoningGPQA / Live

Ernie 4.5 TurboTop logical accuracy

Best Value$/1M Tok

Ernie 4.5 TurboLowest API billing cost

Speed / TokTok/Sec

Ernie 4.5 TurboFastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

2 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Ernie 4.5 Turbo (2)Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research (0)

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

2 of 2 Wins

✓Input price✓Output price

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research

0 of 2 Wins

Competitive baseline across remaining benchmarks

Baidu

Leads 2 of 2

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

Baidu current multimodal enterprise foundation model with broad Chinese knowledge.

Elo 1,450In: $0.3 · Out: $1.2/1M

perplexity

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (perplexity/sonar-deep-research). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $2 · Out: $8/1M

Top Rival Showdowns for Ernie 4.5 Turbo

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-5 vs Gemini 3 Pro vs Grok 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderErnie 4.5 Turbo Wins

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

$1.2 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Ernie 4.5 Turbo (9)vsPerplexity: Sonar Deep Research (0)

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 9W (100%)Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research: 0W (0%)

← Ernie 4.5 Turbo1 tiesPerplexity: Sonar Deep Research →

🏆Ernie 4.5 Turbo Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark

Ernie 4.5 TurbovsPerplexity: Sonar Deep Research

Preference Elo

1,450vs—

Coding Elo

1,435vs—

SWE-bench

57%vs—

LiveBench

61%vs—

GPQA Diamond

74.5%vs—

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 5WPerplexity: Sonar Deep Research: 0W

🏆Ernie 4.5 Turbo Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

Ernie 4.5 TurbovsPerplexity: Sonar Deep Research

Output speed

95 tok/svs—

Time to first token

200 msvs—

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 2WPerplexity: Sonar Deep Research: 0W

🏆Ernie 4.5 Turbo Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

Ernie 4.5 TurbovsPerplexity: Sonar Deep Research

Output price

$1.2/1Mvs$8/1M+$6.8/1M

Input price

$0.3/1Mvs$2/1M+$1.7/1M

Context window

128kvs128k

Ernie 4.5 Turbo: 2WPerplexity: Sonar Deep Research: 0W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Ernie 4.5 TurboPerplexity: Sonar Deep Research

Preference Elo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo1,450

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

Coding Elo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo1,435

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

LiveBench

Ernie 4.5 Turbo61%

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

SWE-bench

Ernie 4.5 Turbo57%

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

GPQA Diamond

Ernie 4.5 Turbo74.5%

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

Time to first token

Ernie 4.5 Turbo200 ms

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

Output speed

Ernie 4.5 Turbo95 tok/s

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

Input priceErnie 4.5 Turbo +$1.7/1M

Ernie 4.5 Turbo$0.3/1M

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research$2/1M

Output priceErnie 4.5 Turbo +$6.8/1M

Ernie 4.5 Turbo$1.2/1M

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research$8/1M

Context window

Ernie 4.5 Turbo128k

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research128k

Benchmark	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	1,450 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
Coding Elo	1,435 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
LiveBench	61% livebench · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
SWE-bench	57% swebench · Aug 17, 2026	—	—
GPQA Diamond	74.5% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Time to first token	200 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Output speed	95 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Input price	$0.3/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$2/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$1.7/1M
Output price	$1.2/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$8/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$6.8/1M
Context window	128k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	128k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	—

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 85% with Ernie 4.5 Turbo

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Ernie 4.5 Turbo$28.50 / mo

In: $10.5Out: $18

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research$190.00 / mo

In: $70Out: $120

Estimated Cost Delta

Ernie 4.5 Turbo is estimated to save $161.50/month ($1,938/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Ernie 4.5 Turbo:Pick Ernie 4.5 Turbo when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatErnie 4.5 Turbo

Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGErnie 4.5 Turbo

Larger window (128k).

Screenshots / visionErnie 4.5 Turbo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Larger window (128k).
Screenshots / vision	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Ernie 4.5 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Verified Head-to-Head Telemetry

LIVE BENCHMARK

Baidu

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

Elo 1,450

SWE-bench57%

Speed (tok/s)95 tok/s

Input / 1M Tokens$0.3/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$1.2/1M

perplexity

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)128k

Input / 1M Tokens$2/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$8/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Ernie 4.5 Turbo output tokens are $1.2/1M versus $8/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Ernie 4.5 Turbo accepts 128k tokens versus 128k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Ernie 4.5 Turbo and Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

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Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Ernie 4.5 TurboPerplexity: Sonar Deep Research

Preference Elo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo1,450

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

Coding Elo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo1,435

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

LiveBench

Ernie 4.5 Turbo61%

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

SWE-bench

Ernie 4.5 Turbo57%

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

GPQA Diamond

Ernie 4.5 Turbo74.5%

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

Time to first token

Ernie 4.5 Turbo200 ms

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

Output speed

Ernie 4.5 Turbo95 tok/s

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research—

Input priceErnie 4.5 Turbo +$1.7/1M

Ernie 4.5 Turbo$0.3/1M

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research$2/1M

Output priceErnie 4.5 Turbo +$6.8/1M

Ernie 4.5 Turbo$1.2/1M

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research$8/1M

Context window

Ernie 4.5 Turbo128k

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research128k

Benchmark

Ernie 4.5 Turbo

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,450

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

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Coding Elo

1,435

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

LiveBench

61%

livebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

SWE-bench

57%

swebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

GPQA Diamond

74.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Time to first token

200 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Output speed

95 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Input price

$0.3/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$2/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$1.7/1M

Output price

$1.2/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$8/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$6.8/1M

Context window

128k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

128k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

—

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatErnie 4.5 Turbo

Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGErnie 4.5 Turbo

Larger window (128k).

Screenshots / visionErnie 4.5 Turbo

Ernie 4.5 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Lower output list price ($1.2/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Larger window (128k).
Screenshots / vision	Ernie 4.5 Turbo	Ernie 4.5 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Ernie 4.5 Turbo output tokens are $1.2/1M versus $8/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Ernie 4.5 Turbo or Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Ernie 4.5 Turbo accepts 128k tokens versus 128k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Ernie 4.5 Turbo and Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.