Author's Description
LFM2-8B-A1B is an efficient on-device Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Liquid AI’s LFM2 family, built for fast, high-quality inference on edge hardware. It uses 8.3B total parameters with only ~1.5B active per token, delivering strong performance while keeping compute and memory usage low—making it ideal for phones, tablets, and laptops.
Key Specifications
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Performance Summary
The LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B model, created on October 20, 2025, demonstrates strong performance in terms of operational efficiency. It consistently ranks among the fastest models, achieving the 83rd percentile across seven benchmarks, and offers highly competitive pricing, placing in the 87th percentile. The model also exhibits robust reliability with an 86% success rate, indicating few technical issues. However, its accuracy across various benchmarks presents a mixed picture. While it shows a respectable 94.0% accuracy in General Knowledge, its performance in other critical areas is notably lower. The model struggles significantly with Ethics (40.0% accuracy), Instruction Following (27.0% accuracy), and Reasoning (36.0% accuracy). Its ability to acknowledge uncertainty in the Hallucinations benchmark is also limited at 66.0% accuracy. A key strength is its exceptional speed in Email Classification, where it ranks in the top 3, though its accuracy in this category is 88.0%. Overall, the model excels in speed, cost-efficiency, and reliability, but requires substantial improvement in complex cognitive tasks and ethical reasoning.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
| Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|
| Prompt | $0.01 |
| Completion | $0.02 |
Price History
Available Endpoints
| Provider | Endpoint Name | Context Length | Pricing (Input) | Pricing (Output) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Liquid
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Liquid | liquid/lfm2-8b-a1b | 32K | $0.01 / 1M tokens | $0.02 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
| Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Strategy | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
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Other Models by liquid
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| LiquidAI: LFM2-2.6B | Oct 20, 2025 | 6B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★ | $$ |
| Liquid: LFM 7B Unavailable | Jan 25, 2025 | 7B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★ | $ |
| Liquid: LFM 3B Unavailable | Jan 25, 2025 | 3B | 32K |
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★★★ | ★ | $ |
| Liquid: LFM 40B MoE Unavailable | Sep 29, 2024 | 40B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★ | $$ |