Decision boundary
Do not start with which model is absolutely stronger. Start with the boundary: cost, context, speed, quality, ecosystem, or supply stability.
- Sonar Pro is worth checking first when the Sonar family, 200K context, and text+image->text capability match the job.
- Qwen2.5 VL 72B is worth checking first when the Qwen2.5-VL family, 131.1K context, and text+image->text capability match the job.