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| 3 models | Pe Perplexity AI Sonar Pro View → | Cl Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 View → | Qw Alibaba Qwen 3.7 Max View → |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | Perplexity AI | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Tier | Flagship | Flagship | Flagship |
| Status | Default | Active | Default |
| Context window | 200K ctx | 1M ctx | 1M ctx |
| Released | — | May 28, 2026 | May 1, 2026 |
| API string | sonar-pro | claude-opus-4-8 | qwen3.7-max |
| Note |
| Flagship real-time search model: highest-quality cited answers; $3/1M tokens + $5 per 1K searches. |
| Designated current flagship; reliability-focused Opus (4x less likely than 4.7 to let its own code flaws pass). 1M context, $5/$25, effort levels through xhigh/max, Fast mode at $10/$50. Guide positions Fable 5 one tier above it. |
| Current closed-weights flagship; Intelligence Index v4.0 score 56.6 (top Chinese model); lowest reported hallucination rate (22.9%). $2.50/$7.50 per 1M tokens. |
