LFM 2.5 2.6B is Liquid AI's language model with a 128K context window and up to 8K output tokens. A compact 2.6B-parameter Liquid Foundation Model optimized for agentic workflows, data extraction, RAG, and long-context processing tasks.
Specifications
Canonical IDliquid-lfm-2-5-2-6b
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorLiquid AILiquid AI
Providers
Context Window128K tokens
Max Output8K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Reasoning Effortsdefault
Parameters2.6B
Release Date · 23 days ago
Benchmarks
Intelligence Index
#337
Coding Index
#193
GPQA
#362
HLE
#305
Time to First Token
#532
SciCode
#441
LCR
#389
Output TPS
#1

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities4/13
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

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Per 1M tokens
ProviderFree
Input
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Output
$ / 1M
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Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host LFM 2.5 2.6B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 6 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.

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Standard_NV4as_v4AzureAMD Radeon Instinct MI2516 GB$0.233/hr
g5g.xlargeAWST4g16 GB$0.420/hr
Standard_NV8as_v4AzureAMD Radeon Instinct MI2516 GB$0.466/hr
7 more instances can run LFM 2.5 2.6B
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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 8B A1BAvailable
LFM 2 2.6BAvailable
LFM 2 8B A1BAvailable
LFM 2 1.2BAvailable
LFM 2.5 1.6B VLAvailable
LFM 2.5 2.6B128KCurrent
LFM 40B131K$0.100$0.200Available
LFM 7B131K$0.025$0.040Available

Model IDs

lfm2-5-2-6b
liquid-lfm-2-5-2-6b
liquid/lfm-2.5-2.6b
liquid/lfm-2.5-2.6b:free