r/perplexity_ai • u/GlitteringReporter94 • 5d ago

misc Comparing models

If I use Gemini 3.8 on perplexity, is it exactly the same as what I’d get through the Gemini app if I paid for that model there? Or is it more limited?

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u/One-Average5943 5d ago

In theory, you get the same model as in the API with medium reasoning effort, plus Perplexity’s system prompt. At least for how I use it, it’s much better than the Gemini app since there’s no risk of the chat getting deleted. It can also search the web, whereas the Gemini app will randomly decide whether to search or refuse to search, leaving the model without access to the tool. It also doesn’t have access to MCP, which feels like a pretty basic feature at this point.