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
#543
GPQA
#496
HLE
#355
IFBench
#333
Time to First Token
#416
SciCode
#502
LCR
#446
TerminalBench Hard
#397
TAU2
#390
Output TPS
#4

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 A2B128KAvailable
LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct33KAvailable
LFM 2.5 1.2B Thinking33KAvailable
LFM 2.5 1.6B VLCurrent
LFM 2.5 8B A1BAvailable
LFM 2 2.6BAvailable
LFM 2 8B A1BAvailable
LFM 2 1.2BAvailable
LFM 2.5 2.6B128KAvailable
LFM 40B131K$0.100$0.200Available
LFM 7B131K$0.025$0.040Available

Model IDs

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