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LFM2 2.6B

LFM2 2.6B is a Liquid AI open-weights model, released 23 Sept 2025. Its best configuration ranks #715 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 38.4 ±5.1, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 231 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in reasoning (41) and lowest in long context (23). Last measured 23 Sept 2025.stale: no new result in six months

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Released
23 Sept 2025
How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.
  1. Overall index38
  2. Reasoning41
  3. Agents & tools34
  4. Knowledge37
  5. Instruction following25
  6. Long context23
  7. Composite35

How its index has moved

9 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026
333944

The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.

Benchmark results

See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

Benchmarknot statedSource
GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index30.6%#518Artificial Analysis
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index5.5%#424Artificial Analysis
CritPt0.0%#315Artificial Analysis

Agents & tools

Benchmarknot statedSource
Terminal-Bench Hard0.8%#349Artificial Analysis
τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index13.4%#369Artificial Analysis

Instruction following

Benchmarknot statedSource
IFBench19.5%#419Artificial Analysis

Long context

Benchmarknot statedSource
AA-LCR0.0%#493Artificial Analysis

Composite

Benchmarknot statedSource
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.25.2#596Artificial Analysis

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Questions people ask

What are LFM2 2.6B's benchmark scores?
As of 25 Oct 2026, LFM2 2.6B scores 38.4 ±5.1 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in reasoning (41) and weakest in long context (23). That rests on 6 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
How does LFM2 2.6B rank?
LFM2 2.6B is #715 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 231 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
When was LFM2 2.6B released?
Liquid AI released LFM2 2.6B on 23 Sept 2025.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.

Cite as: BenchLeader, “LFM2 2.6B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 25 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/lfm2-2-6b.