LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B

LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B

liquid · Released Feb 25, 2026
Intelligence #345 / 756
32.2 our score
Speed #97 / 333
132.0 tok/s
Input Price #164 / 779
$0.030 per 1M tokens
Output Price #180 / 779
$0.120 per 1M tokens
Context #510 / 779
128,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

LFM2-24B-A2B is a LiquidAI text model with a 128K context and exceptionally low pricing. The available benchmark results indicate limited general reasoning, instruction following, and tool interaction, while no vision or multimodal input is listed.

Its cost profile can work for simple classification, routing, deduplication, keyword grouping, and tightly templated SEO operations. The model should not be trusted with nuanced brand voice, factual synthesis, complex coding, or multi-step tool execution. A long context window is useful only when the model can reliably interpret the supplied material.

Use it as a narrow preprocessing component with deterministic checks and escalation. It may reduce cost for basic transformations, but it is not a suitable general-purpose client assistant.

Assessed September 7, 2026

Editorial notes

LFM2-24B-A2B is inexpensive and offers useful basic text generation for controlled workloads. Its very low reasoning, instruction-following, and tool performance make it unsuitable for complex client content or autonomous workflows.

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DFO Verdict

LFM2-24B-A2B is inexpensive and offers useful basic text generation for controlled workloads. Its very low reasoning, instruction-following, and tool performance make it unsuitable for complex client content or autonomous workflows.

#345 of 756 overall

Benchmark scores

GPQA Diamond 47.4%
HLE 4.4%
SciCode 10.9%
τ²-Bench 11.1%
IFBench 45.9%

Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.

5.9 Intelligence Index

How LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B compares

LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B ranks #366 of 438 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 128K-token context window is larger than 35% of the models we list. At $0.03 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 79% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 54% of models #345
Speed: faster than 71% of models #97
Price: cheaper than 79% of models #164
Context: larger than 35% of models #510
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B $0.03 in $0.12 out
OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra $10.00 in $50.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
LiquidAI: LFM2-24B-A2B 128K

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence0.9Technical0Value8Content4.8
Performance profile

Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

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

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

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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..

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.

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