LFM 2.5 1.6B VL is Liquid AI's language model. A compact 1.6B-parameter vision-language Liquid Foundation Model combining multimodal understanding with efficient edge deployment.
Specifications
Canonical IDliquid-lfm-2-5-1-6b-vl
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorLiquid AILiquid AI
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Parameters1.6B
Benchmarks
Intelligence Index
#553
GPQA
#504
HLE
#372
IFBench
#334
Time to First Token
#187
SciCode
#519
LCR
#463
TerminalBench Hard
#398
TAU2
#391
Output TPS
#410

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host LFM 2.5 1.6B VL, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 4 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.

All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance
Cloud
GPU
VRAM
Price
Cheapest region
Standard_NV4as_v4AzureAMD Radeon Instinct MI2516 GB$0.233/hr
Standard_NV4ads_V710_v5AzureAMD Radeon Pro V710 (24GB)4 GB$0.333/hr
g5g.xlargeAWST4g16 GB$0.420/hr
7 more instances can run LFM 2.5 1.6B VL
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
LFM 2 24B A2B128K——Available
LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct33K——Available
LFM 2.5 1.2B Thinking33K——Available
LFM 2.5 1.6B VL————Current
LFM 2.5 8B A1B————Available
LFM 2 2.6B————Available
LFM 2 8B A1B————Available
LFM 2 1.2B————Available
LFM 2.5 2.6B Free—66K——Available
LFM 2.5 2.6B128K——Available
LFM 40B—131K$0.100$0.200Available

Model IDs

lfm2-5-vl-1-6b
liquid-lfm-2-5-1-6b-vl