LFM2.5 2.6B
Liquid AIReleased Aug 4, 2026Open weights · LFM Open License v1.0lfm-2.5-2.6b
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Free right now
- Free OpenRouter, served by Liquid · no end date · 20 req/min, 50 req/day, 1,000 req/day with $10 of credits
Checked Oct 23 · every free model on Deals
Run it yourself
open weights, LFM Open License v1.0 · fits 6 of the 6 workstations in our guideSelf-host guide ›- Parameters
- 2.6B
- dense
- Memory needed
- 2 GB
- in INT4 · 3 GB in INT8
- Smallest cloud setup
- RTX 3090
- 24 GB · $0.17/h, about $124 a month
| Quantization | Memory | Smallest cloud GPU | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| INT4 (Q4) | 2 GB | RTX 3090 · $0.17/h | smallest footprint, minor quality loss |
| INT8 (Q8) | 3 GB | RTX 3090 · $0.17/h | near-lossless |
| FP16 (full) | 6 GB | RTX 3090 · $0.17/h | reference quality |
At home: in INT4 it fits a RTX 5090 (32 GB) + host PC (plus a host PC), about $3,500 once, or $0.1332/h over 3 years, electricity aside.
Memory ≈ parameters × bytes per parameter × 1.2 · cloud price: on-demand rate, running 24/7 · builds: GGUF, AWQ, MLX, GPTQ, Ollama · break-even calculator
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