PPLX Embed Context 1 0.6B is Perplexity's embedding model, starting at $0.008 / 1M input. A context-aware 0.6B embedding model from Perplexity, designed to capture richer contextual signals for improved retrieval performance.
Specifications
Canonical IDperplexity-pplx-embed-context-1-0-6b
TypeEmbedding
StatusActive
CreatorPerplexityPerplexity
Providers
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesEmbedding
Parameters0.6B

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text·
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandardBatch
Input
$ / 1M
Input
$ / 1M
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pplx-embed-context-v1-0.6b
$0.008$0.004

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Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host PPLX Embed Context 1 0.6B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 1 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.

All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance
Cloud
GPU
VRAM
Price
Cheapest region
g6f.largeAWSL43 GB$0.202/hrus-east-1
Standard_NV4as_v4AzureAMD Radeon Instinct MI2516 GB$0.233/hrwestus2
g6f.xlargeAWSL43 GB$0.237/hrus-east-1
7 more instances can run PPLX Embed Context 1 0.6B
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
PPLX Embed Context 1 0.6B$0.008Current
PPLX Embed Context 1.4B$0.050Available
PPLX 70B Chat4K$0.700$2.80Available
PPLX 70B Online4K$2.80Available
PPLX 7B Chat8K$0.070$0.280Available
PPLX 7B Online4K$0.280Available

Model IDs

perplexity-pplx-embed-context-1-0-6b