Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context window, it delivers more acc…
Model details →AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based on tokens plus $18 per thousand requests. T…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 200K | 🏆 AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $3.00 | 🏆 AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $15.00 | 🏆 AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | — | 🏆 AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search |
Frequently asked questions
Is AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 better than Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search?
Input: $2.00 vs $3.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $15.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search support?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 supports up to 256K tokens. Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search supports up to 200K tokens.
Do both AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search support tool calling?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7: yes. Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search: not advertised.