# Perplexity AI Releases pplx-embed-v2-late: A 0.6B Edge Model and a 9B Model Scoring 92.4% on MADQA

> Source: <https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/07/perplexity-ai-releases-pplx-embed-v2-late-a-0-6b-edge-model-and-a-9b-model-scoring-92-4-on-madqa/>
> Published: 2026-10-08 05:39:09+00:00

Perplexity's pplx-embed-v2-late comes in 2 sizes: a 0.6B model built to run on edge devices, and a 9B model for building high-quality indexes. Its best score is 92.4% on MADQA, and its weakest is 61.2% on ViDoRe v3 Markdown. Both are MIT-licensed and ready to self-host.

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