pplx Embed v1 0.6B
Feb 2026
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pplx Embed v1 0.6B measured on 7 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks7
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Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen-9%-50%$0.002Max input: 33K tokens → 2K tokens
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+6%+150%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.5 GBcOpenC2LLM 7B+6%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.6 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+6%+400%$0.02Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBBetterpplx Embed v1 4BOpen+4%+650%$0.03Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
EmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen-9%-50%$0.002Max input: 33K tokens → 2K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+6%+150%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.5 GBQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+6%+400%$0.02Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBpplx Embed v1 4BOpen+4%+650%$0.03Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBcF2LLM v2 14BunstatedOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 8.4 GBcC2LLM 7BOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.6 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
cC2LLM 7BOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.6 GBQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+6%+150%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+6%+400%$0.02Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
pplx Embed v1 4BOpen+4%+650%$0.03Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBAll perplexity-ai models →Run it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · full quality✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceMITfree for commercial use
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in Embeddings & RetrievalFAQ
How much does pplx Embed v1 0.6B cost?›
$0.004 per 1M tokens.
Is pplx Embed v1 0.6B free to use?›
There is no free API; it costs $0.004 per 1M tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is pplx Embed v1 0.6B, and what is it best at?›
#18 of 174 in Embeddings.
Is pplx Embed v1 0.6B better than Gemini Embedding 001?›
On MTEB Code v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (15 languages), pplx Embed v1 0.6B scores 75.8 vs 76 — about the same. It is 97% cheaper.
When was pplx Embed v1 0.6B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-02-11. It is the current version in its line.
Is pplx Embed v1 0.6B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).
Can I run pplx Embed v1 0.6B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is pplx Embed v1 0.6B?›
pplx Embed v1 0.6B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from perplexity-ai, released Feb 2026.
What are the best alternatives to pplx Embed v1 0.6B?›
EmbeddingGemma 300M (cheaper), Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), C2LLM 7B (open weights).