diff --git a/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/README.md b/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/README.md
index d7eae48755..83d0247a07 100644
--- a/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/README.md
+++ b/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ AccuracyChecker supports following set of adapters:
 * `yolo_v8_detection` - converting output of YOLO v8 family pretrained for object detection to `DetectionPrediction`.
   * `conf_threshold` - minimal confidence for filtering valid detections (Optional, default 0.25).
   * `multi_label` - allow to use multiple labels for the same box coordinates (Optional, default True).
+* `yolo26` - converting output of YOLO26 model to `DetectionPrediction` representation.
+  * `conf_threshold` - minimal confidence for filtering valid detections (Optional, default 0.25).
 * `lpr` - converting output of license plate recognition model to `CharacterRecognitionPrediction` representation.
 * `aocr` - converting output of attention-ocr model to `CharacterRecognitionPrediction`.
   * `output_blob` - name of output layer with predicted labels or string (Optional, if not provided, first founded output will be used).
diff --git a/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/__init__.py b/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/__init__.py
index 10c1a0d6d2..a5923e84dc 100644
--- a/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/__init__.py
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@
     YoloxsAdapter,
     YolofAdapter,
     # for adapter registration, it should be imported and added to __all__ list
-    YoloV8DetectionAdapter
+    YoloV8DetectionAdapter,
+    Yolo26Adapter
 )
 from .classification import ClassificationAdapter, MaskToBinaryClassification
 from .segmentation import (
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@
     'YoloxsAdapter',
     'YolofAdapter',
     'YoloV8DetectionAdapter',
+    'Yolo26Adapter',
 
     'SSDAdapter',
     'SSDAdapterMxNet',
diff --git a/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/yolo.py b/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/yolo.py
index 9133f51823..ba3ba54c63 100644
--- a/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/yolo.py
+++ b/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/adapters/yolo.py
@@ -963,3 +963,38 @@ def process(self, raw, identifiers, frame_meta):
             # DetectionPrediction(identifier, label, score, x_mins, y_mins, x_maxs, y_maxs, meta)
             result.append(DetectionPrediction(identifier, labels, conf, *box.T, meta))
         return result
+
+class Yolo26Adapter(Adapter):
+    __provider__ = "yolo26"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parameters(cls):
+        params = super().parameters()
+        params.update({"conf_threshold": NumberField(value_type=float, optional=True, min_value=0, default=0.25,
+                                                     description="Minimal confidence value for valid detections.")})
+        return params
+
+    def configure(self):
+        self.conf_threshold = self.get_value_from_config("conf_threshold")
+
+    def process(self, raw, identifiers, frame_meta):
+        result = []
+        raw_outputs = self._extract_predictions(raw, frame_meta)
+        prediction = raw_outputs[self.output_blob]
+
+        # expected output format is box(x1, y1, x2, y2), confidence, class_id for each detected object
+        if len(prediction.shape) != 3 and prediction.shape[1] != 6:
+            raise ValueError("Output format should have 3 dimensions where the second dimension is 6, "
+                             "but found shape {}".format(prediction.shape))
+
+        for identifier, output, meta in zip(identifiers, prediction, frame_meta):
+            boxes = output[:, :4]
+            confidences = output[:, 4]
+            classes = output[:, 5]
+
+            min_conf = confidences.reshape(-1) > self.conf_threshold
+            boxes = boxes[min_conf]
+            confidences = confidences[min_conf]
+            classes = classes[min_conf]
+            result.append(DetectionPrediction(identifier, classes, confidences, *boxes.T, meta))
+        return result
diff --git a/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/launcher/pytorch_launcher.py b/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/launcher/pytorch_launcher.py
index bab8b4349e..d6af02e2f3 100644
--- a/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/launcher/pytorch_launcher.py
+++ b/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/launcher/pytorch_launcher.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 CLASS_REGEX = r'(?:\w+)'
 MODULE_REGEX = r'(?:\w+)(?:(?:.\w+)*)'
 DEVICE_REGEX = r'(?P<device>cpu$|cuda)?'
-CHECKPOINT_URL_REGEX = r'^https?://.*\.pth(\?.*)?(#.*)?$'
+CHECKPOINT_URL_REGEX = r'^https?://.*\.pth?(\?.*)?(#.*)?$'
 SCALAR_INPUTS = ('input_ids', 'input_mask', 'segment_ids', 'attention_mask', 'token_type_ids')
 
 class PyTorchLauncher(Launcher):
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ def parameters(cls):
             'checkpoint_url': StringField(
                 optional=True, regex=CHECKPOINT_URL_REGEX, description='Url link to pre-trained model checkpoint.'
             ),
+            'checkpoint_weights_only': BoolField(
+                optional=True, default=True, description='Model checkpoint stored as weights only.'
+            ),
             'state_key': StringField(optional=True, regex=r'\w+', description='pre-trained model checkpoint state key'),
             'python_path': PathField(
                 check_exists=True, is_directory=True, optional=True,
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ def __init__(self, config_entry: dict, *args, **kwargs):
         checkpoint = config_entry.get('checkpoint')
         if checkpoint is None:
             checkpoint = config_entry.get('checkpoint_url')
+        self.checkpoint_weights_only = config_entry.get('checkpoint_weights_only', True)
 
         python_path = config_entry.get("python_path")
 
@@ -174,9 +178,24 @@ def load_module(self, model_cls, module_args, module_kwargs, checkpoint=None, st
                 if isinstance(checkpoint, str) and re.match(CHECKPOINT_URL_REGEX, checkpoint):
                     checkpoint = urllib.request.urlretrieve(checkpoint)[0]  # nosec B310  # disable urllib-urlopen check
                 checkpoint = self._torch.load(
-                    checkpoint, map_location=None if self.cuda else self._torch.device('cpu')
+                    checkpoint,
+                    map_location=None if self.cuda else self._torch.device('cpu'),
+                    weights_only=self.checkpoint_weights_only
                 )
                 state = checkpoint if not state_key else checkpoint[state_key]
+
+                if not self.checkpoint_weights_only:
+
+                    state_dict_contains_model = (
+                        isinstance(state, dict) and
+                        'model' in state and
+                        isinstance(state['model'], self._torch.nn.Module)
+                    )
+
+                    if state_dict_contains_model:
+                        loaded_model = state['model']
+                        return self.prepare_module(loaded_model, model_cls)
+
                 if all(key.startswith('module.') for key in state):
                     module = self._torch.nn.DataParallel(module)
                 module.load_state_dict(state, strict=False)
@@ -262,7 +281,13 @@ def predict(self, inputs, metadata=None, **kwargs):
         results = []
         with self._torch.no_grad():
             for batch_input in inputs:
-                if metadata[0].get('input_is_dict_type') or (isinstance(batch_input, dict) and 'input' in batch_input):
+                is_input_as_dict = metadata[0].get('input_is_dict_type') or isinstance(batch_input, dict)
+                if is_input_as_dict and 'input' in batch_input:
+                    inp = batch_input['input']
+                    model_dtype = next(self.module.parameters()).dtype
+                    if inp.dtype != model_dtype:
+                        batch_input['input'] = inp.to(model_dtype)
+
                     outputs = self.module(batch_input['input'])
                 else:
                     outputs = self.module(**batch_input)
diff --git a/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/launcher/pytorch_launcher_readme.md b/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/launcher/pytorch_launcher_readme.md
index d32f5c560c..bd6e304fda 100644
--- a/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/launcher/pytorch_launcher_readme.md
+++ b/tools/accuracy_checker/accuracy_checker/launcher/pytorch_launcher_readme.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ For enabling PyTorch launcher you need to add `framework: pytorch` in launchers
 * `module`- PyTorch network module for loading.
 * `checkpoint` - pre-trained model checkpoint (Optional).
 * `checkpoint_url` - url link to pre-trained model checkpoint (Optional).
+* `checkpoint_weights_only` - boolean, use weights only model checkpoint (Optional, default `True`).
 * `state_key` - pre-trained model checkpoint state key (Optional).
 * `python_path` - appendix for PYTHONPATH for making network module visible in current python environment (Optional).
 * `module_args` - list of positional arguments for network module (Optional).