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LFM2.5-2.6BOPEN
LFM2.5-2.6B is a compact reasoning model from Liquid AI.
Prices update automatically — checked daily against provider list prices.
- $0.39 per 1M tokens, assuming 3 input for 1 output the convention used by Artificial Analysis
- cheaper than 44% of the 204 open-weight models tracked here
- 3 of 3 Liquid models tracked here, from cheapest
Benchmarks & performance
Independent benchmark scores for LFM2.5-2.6B, measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
Models at this level cost $0.38 per 1M tokens (median of 54) — this one costs $0.39.
Cheaper and better on this index: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · Claude Haiku 5.5 · Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch) and 55 more
About this model
LFM2.5-2.6B is an open-weight AI model by Liquid. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked daily, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.
Frequently asked questions
What is LFM2.5-2.6B?
LFM2.5-2.6B is an AI language model from Liquid. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free. It scores 8.4 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.
Is LFM2.5-2.6B free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host LFM2.5-2.6B and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are $0.35 per million input tokens and $0.5 per million output tokens.
What is LFM2.5-2.6B good at?
Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 55.8%, Humanity's Last Exam 6.2%, Long Context Reasoning 5.7%, SciCode 14.4%, τ-Bench Banking 7.2%, Terminal-Bench 4.5%. It is particularly used for code generation.
Can I self-host LFM2.5-2.6B?
Yes. LFM2.5-2.6B has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.