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Comparison2 AI assistants

ChatGPT or Perplexity

ChatGPT is ahead of Perplexity on Celsius score: 62 against 36 out of 100. ChatGPT is ahead on performance and ethics, with a gap of less than 3 points on environment.

ChatGPTOpenAI ↗62-36Celsius score out of 100PerplexityPerplexity ↗
First assistant
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Second assistant
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Gaps by category

  1. Performance93280out of 100100

    ChatGPT is ahead of Perplexity on performance: 93 against 28 out of 100.

  2. Ethics52390out of 100100

    ChatGPT is ahead of Perplexity on ethics: 52 against 39 out of 100. Largest gap: "Safety", ChatGPT 67 against 25.

  3. Environment40420out of 100100

    Environment score: Perplexity 42, ChatGPT 40 out of 100, a gap of 2 points; the method does not treat a gap of less than 3 points as significant. Largest gap: "Advanced queries", Perplexity 58 against 33.

  4. Use56.4 %0.9 %0% of AI sites' web traffic60

    ChatGPT has 62.7 times more web traffic than Perplexity: 56.4% against 0.9% of visits to AI sites.

  5. Price50 $2.50 $0$ per million output tokens, API50

    Perplexity's API costs 20 times less for output: $2.50 against $50 per million tokens. Subscriptions: €22.99 (ChatGPT) and €22 (Perplexity).

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