PPLX Embed 1.4B
PPLX Embed 1.4B is Perplexity's embedding model with a 33K context window, starting at $0.03 / 1M input. A 1.4B embedding model from Perplexity's PPLX series, offering a balance of embedding quality and computational efficiency for semantic search.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
perplexity-pplx-embed-1-4b | |
| Embedding | |
| Active | |
| Perplexity | |
| 33K tokens | |
| Text | |
| Embedding | |
| 4B | |
| 2560 | |
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text·
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding✓
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | Batch |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | |
| $0.03 | $0.015 |
Cost Calculator
US Dollar ($)
Preset:
Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host PPLX Embed 1.4B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 10 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_NV4as_v4 |  Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 16 GB | $0.233/hr | westus2 | |
| g5g.xlarge |  AWS | T4g | 16 GB | $0.420/hr | us-east-1 | |
| Standard_NV8as_v4 | Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 16 GB | $0.466/hr | westus2 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text Embedding 5 | 2K | $0.025 | — | Available | |
| Voyage 4 | 32K | $0.060 | — | Available | |
| Voyage 4 Large | 32K | $0.120 | — | Available | |
| Voyage 4 Lite | 32K | $0.020 | — | Available | |
| Embed 4 | 128K | $0.120 | $0.470 | Available | |
| Embed 4 Img | — | — | $0.470 | — | Available |
| Embed 4 Txt | — | — | $0.120 | — | Available |
| Text Embedding 4 | — | 2K | $0.100 | — | Deprecated |
| Voyage 3.5 | 32K | $0.060 | — | Available | |
| Voyage 3.5 Lite | 32K | $0.020 | — | Available | |
| PPLX Embed 1.4B | — | 33K | $0.030 | — | Current |