Perplexity: Llama 3.1 Sonar 70B Online

Perplexity: Llama 3.1 Sonar 70B Online, released on July 31, 2024, demonstrates moderate speed performance, ranking in the 38th percentile across benchmarks. Its pricing is also moderate, placing it in the 39th percentile. This online model, focused on delivering up-to-date and factual responses, is positioned as a more cost-efficient, faster, and higher-performing alternative to earlier Sonar models. Analysis of benchmark results reveals significant variability in performance across categories. The model exhibits a notable strength in Email Classification, achieving 97.0% accuracy, placing it in the 46th percentile for this task. However, its performance in General Knowledge and Coding is considerably weaker, with accuracies of 8.5% (11th percentile) and 1.0% (7th percentile) respectively, indicating these are significant areas for improvement. In Ethics, it achieved 81.0% accuracy, ranking in the 21st percentile. While its speed and cost are moderate overall, the duration for General Knowledge and Coding benchmarks was relatively high.