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LFM2 8B A1B

LFM2 8B A1B is a Liquid AI open-weights model, released 7 Oct 2025. Its best configuration ranks #679 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 39.7 ±4.0, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 250 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 knowledge (27). Last measured 7 Oct 2025.stale: no new result in six months

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Released
7 Oct 2025
How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.
  1. Overall index40
  2. Reasoning41
  3. Agents & tools34
  4. Knowledge27
  5. Instruction following31
  6. Composite35

How its index has moved

19 Sept 2026 to 18 Oct 2026
364044

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 index34.4%#497Artificial Analysis
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index4.9%#464Artificial Analysis
CritPt0.0%#315Artificial Analysis

Agents & tools

Benchmarknot statedSource
Terminal-Bench Hard0.0%#362Artificial Analysis
τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index10.5%#382Artificial Analysis

Instruction following

Benchmarknot statedSource
IFBench26.3%#387Artificial Analysis

Composite

Benchmarknot statedSource
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.24.9#613Artificial Analysis

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Questions people ask

What are LFM2 8B A1B's benchmark scores?
As of 25 Oct 2026, LFM2 8B A1B scores 39.7 ±4.0 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in reasoning (41) and weakest in knowledge (27). That rests on 5 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
How does LFM2 8B A1B rank?
LFM2 8B A1B is #679 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 250 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 8B A1B released?
Liquid AI released LFM2 8B A1B on 7 Oct 2025.

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

Cite as: BenchLeader, “LFM2 8B A1B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 25 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/lfm2-8b-a1b.