The tool is a generative discriminator fine-tuned from Qwen3.8-27B that natively supports a 250k context window for text, JSON, and images. It currently holds the top spot on the Hugging Face Decision Index 0.3 and previously outperformed seven other models in a Tetris-playing simulation. The company launched the first version of the model at $0.04 per million tokens before halving the price for the v1.1 update.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Perplexity Open Weights Model Beats Jev in Clinical Decisions
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A new assessment of 669 medical cases reveals a 643 correct response rate for the pplx-decider-v1.1-27b, surpassing Jev's 628 according to tester Maziyar Panahi. This open-weights system handled these tasks at 42% lower cost per decision and is now accessible through the OpenRouter platform. Perplexity provides the model at $0.02 per million input tokens and offers output tokens for free.
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