LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B

LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B

liquid · Released Feb 25, 2026 Efficient
Intelligence #267 / 599
33.8 Our Score
Speed #99 / 281
126.0 tokens / sec
Input #143 / 599
$0.030 per 1M tokens
Output #157 / 599
$0.120 per 1M tokens
Context #347 / 599
128,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

LFM2-24B-A2B is a sparse mixture-of-experts model from LiquidAI, activating 2B parameters per pass. Its intelligence index of 4.9 and agentic index of 11.1 place it at the lower end of the benchmarked model landscape, and its GPQA score of 0.47 confirms limited reasoning depth. There is no coding index, and instruction following (aa_ifbench 0.46) is weak.

For businesses, this model is only suitable for the simplest, highest-volume tasks where cost is the dominant factor and output quality requirements are minimal. It lacks vision and tool use, which limits its utility in modern agentic or multimodal pipelines. The 128K context is adequate for basic tasks.

At $0.03 input and $0.12 output per million tokens, it is one of the cheapest models available with any benchmark data. Teams with very high volume, low-complexity text processing needs may find it useful, but most business workflows will require a more capable model.

Assessed June 30, 2026

Editorial notes

LiquidAI LFM2-24B-A2B is an ultra-cheap sparse model with limited reasoning and agentic capability, suited only to the simplest automation tasks where cost is the primary constraint.

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Performance Profile

Intelligence1.3Technical1.4Value8Content3.5
Intelligence 1.3/10
Technical 1.4/10
Content 3.5/10
Value 8/10

How LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B compares

LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B ranks #321 of 387 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #253 of 294 for agentic tasks. Its 128K-token context window is larger than 42% of the models we list. At $0.03 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 76% of comparable models.

About LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B is the largest model in the LFM2 family of hybrid architectures designed for efficient on-device deployment. Built as a 24B parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with only 2B active parameters per..

24B Parameters

Performance Indices

Source: Artificial Analysis

4.9 Intelligence Index
11.1 Agentic Index

Benchmark Scores

Intelligence

GPQA Diamond 47.4% Graduate-level scientific reasoning
HLE 4.4% Humanity's Last Exam
SciCode 10.9% Scientific computing

Technical

τ²-Bench 11.1% Conversational agent benchmark

Content

IFBench 45.9% Instruction following

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face

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Model Information

OpenRouter ID liquid/lfm-2-24b-a2b
Providerliquid
Release Date February 25, 2026
Context Length128,000 tokens
Status Active

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.03 $0.000030
Output $0.12 $0.000120

Frequently asked questions about LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B

How much does LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B cost?

LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B costs $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.12 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B?

LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B has a context window of 128,000 tokens (128K).

Who created LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B?

LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B is developed by LiquidAI and was released on February 25, 2026.