LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free)

LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free)

liquid · Released Jan 20, 2026
Intelligence #601 / 650
8.1 our score
Speed #2 / 289
523.3 tok/s
Input Price
Not priced
Output Price
Not priced
Context #461 / 650
32,768 tokens

Analysis Summary

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct is a very small language model from LiquidAI offered for free, with a low measured intelligence index and modest agentic score. It has no tool use or function calling support and a limited 32K context window.

Given its scale, this model is best reserved for trivial text completion or classification tasks rather than any client-facing or analytical work. It should not be relied upon for accuracy-sensitive business applications.

Its free pricing makes it a reasonable choice for testing or low-stakes automation, but businesses should not expect meaningful reasoning depth from a model of this size.

Assessed July 25, 2026

Editorial notes

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct is a tiny free model from LiquidAI with minimal reasoning capability, suited only to the simplest text tasks.

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DFO Verdict

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct is a tiny free model from LiquidAI with minimal reasoning capability, suited only to the simplest text tasks.

#601 of 650 overall Down 553 this week

How LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) compares

LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) ranks #367 of 395 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #247 of 302 for agentic tasks. Its 33K-token context window is larger than 29% of the models we list. LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) is currently free to use via OpenRouter.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 8% of models #601
Speed: faster than 99% of models #2
Context: larger than 29% of models #461
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) $0.00 in $0.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 $10.00 in $50.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 $5.00 in $25.00 out

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

Context window vs peers · tokens
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) 33K

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

Intelligence0.4Technical1.2Value0Content2
Performance profile

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

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About LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free)

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct is a compact, high-performance instruction-tuned model built for fast on-device AI. It delivers strong chat quality in a 1.2B parameter footprint, with efficient edge inference and broad runtime support.

Frequently asked questions about LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free)

How much does LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) cost?

LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) is currently available for free via OpenRouter.

What is the context window of LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free)?

LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) has a context window of 32,768 tokens (33K).

Who created LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free)?

LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) is developed by LiquidAI and was released on January 20, 2026.

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