
Perplexity Computer Review: 19 Models, One Goal
Perplexity Computer orchestrates 19 AI models to run complex multi-step tasks in the background - impressive research depth, punishing credit costs.

Perplexity Computer orchestrates 19 AI models to run complex multi-step tasks in the background - impressive research depth, punishing credit costs.

MiniMax M2.5 matches Claude Opus 4.6 on SWE-Bench at 1/20th the price - but a spike in hallucinations and a distillation controversy complicate the story.

GPT-5.4 brings native computer use, a 1M token context window, and serious coding muscle to OpenAI's mainline model - but at a premium price.

Mercury 2 by Inception Labs is the fastest reasoning LLM available, built on diffusion architecture. We tested the speed, quality, and real-world trade-offs.

Mistral Vibe 2.0 pairs the open-weight Devstral 2 model with a terminal-native coding agent. We tested it head-to-head against Claude Code and Codex.

Two very different approaches to desktop AI hardware - a 32 GB eGPU with 1,792 GB/s bandwidth versus a 128 GB unified memory mini PC with full CUDA. Which one should you buy?