# Perplexity's new agent runs entirely on your GPU -- with one expensive catch

DevFeed: [Perplexity's new agent runs entirely on your GPU -- with one expensive catch](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/perplexity-s-new-agent-runs-entirely-on-your-gpu-with-one-expensive-catch-21600.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://thenewstack.io/perplexity-portable-computer-windows/>)

Author: Amanda Caswell

Published: 2026-09-14T18:21:44Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [The New Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-new-stack.md>)

Topics: [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>), [Nvidia](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nvidia.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [qwen](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/qwen.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [Ollama](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ollama.md>)

Tags: [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [ai-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-infrastructure.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [nvidia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nvidia.md>), [ollama](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ollama.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>), [qwen](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/qwen.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

The article reports that Perplexity's Portable Computer, a local version of its Computer agent, is available in the Perplexity app for Windows on compatible Nvidia GeForce RTX and RTX PRO GPUs. It requires at least 24GB of VRAM and combines local models, orchestration, a browser, tool calling, and a proprietary SPACE sandbox. The article also discusses platform-specific engineering, external service connectors, and the boundary between local and cloud computing.

## Source excerpt

Running an LLM on your PC is easy enough, but putting an agent to work there is a different story. The post Perplexity's new agent runs entirely on your GPU -- with one expensive catch appeared first on The New Stack.