Granite 4 H Large vs Sonar
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
Granite 4 H Large is 47.5% cheaper on blended cost ($0.525 vs $1.00/Mtok)
| Specification |
by IBM
|
by Perplexity
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current mid tier Open weights | Current mid tier |
| Released | Oct 19, 2025 | Feb 1, 2025 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.300/Mtok | $1.00/Mtok |
| Output | $1.20/Mtok | $1.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.525/Mtok | $1.00/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 128K tokens | 200K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: IBM model card / n/a | ||
| GPQA Diamond | 42 vendor | — |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 20 vendor | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 10 vendor | — |
| ARC-AGI 2 | 8 vendor | — |
| AIME 2025 | 35 vendor | — |
| MMMLU | 70 vendor | — |
| BFCL | 52 vendor | — |
| HumanEval | 75 vendor | — |
| MATH 500 | 55 vendor | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
IBM — $0.300/$1.20/Mtok
|
Perplexity — $1.00/$1.00/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Granite 4 H Large | Sonar | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.52 | $1 | $0.48 (48%) |
| 10M tokens | $5.25 | $10 | $4.75 (47.5%) |
| 100M tokens | $52.5 | $100 | $47.5 (47.5%) |
| 1000M tokens | $525 | $1000 | $475 (47.5%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above
Pick Granite 4 H Large if…
- cost dominates: $0.525/Mtok blended vs $1.00 — 47.5% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- you want open weights — self-host it, fine-tune it, or exit the API entirely; Sonar is closed
Pick Sonar if…
- you need the longer context: 200K tokens vs 128K (1.6×)
Try Granite 4 H Large on IBM
The cheaper option here — Granite 4 H Large costs $0.525/Mtok blended on IBM.
Summary
Granite 4 H Large by IBM costs $0.300/Mtok input and $1.20/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text input.
Sonar by Perplexity costs $1.00/Mtok input and $1.00/Mtok output, with a 200K-token context window. It supports text input.
On a blended cost basis, Granite 4 H Large is 47.5% cheaper than Sonar.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.
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