LFM 40B
LFM 40B is Liquid AI's language model with a 131K context window, starting at $0.1 / 1M input and $0.2 / 1M output. A 40B-parameter Liquid Foundation Model designed to handle complex tasks with an optimal balance between model size and output quality.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities2/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling✓
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.1 | $0.2 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host LFM 40B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 96 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_NP20s |  Azure | 2× AMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB) | 128 GB | $3.30/hr | westus2 | |
| g7e.2xlarge |  AWS | RTX PRO Server 6000 | 96 GB | $3.36/hr | us-east-1 | |
| g2-standard-48 |  GCP | 4× nvidia-l4 | 96 GB | $3.99/hr | us-east4 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LFM 2 24B A2B | 128K | — | — | Available | |
| LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct | 33K | — | — | Available | |
| LFM 2.5 1.2B Thinking | 33K | — | — | Available | |
| LFM 2.5 8B A1B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| LFM 2 2.6B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| LFM 2 8B A1B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| LFM 2 1.2B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| LFM 2.5 1.6B VL | — | — | — | — | Available |
| LFM 40B | — | 131K | $0.100 | $0.200 | Current |
| LFM 7B | — | 131K | $0.025 | $0.040 | Available |