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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs LFM3-VL-2B

LFM3-VL-2B leads the LLM Stats Score 15.5 to -1.2.

Google · Liquid AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM3-VL-2B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 15.5 to -1.2, ranking #265 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.07/M input and $0.30/M output

Choose LFM3-VL-2B

  • overall performance matters — it scores 15.5 and ranks #265 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Google
LFM3-VL-2B
Liquid AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-1.2
#372
15.5
#265
Reasoning
-0.9
#363
16.2
#252
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.07 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.30 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LFM3-VL-2B
Math
2.3#315
19.0#187
Vision
-2.7#222
11.4#133
Multimodal
-0.1#177
12.6#124
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

13 reported for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B · 41 for LFM3-VL-2B

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and LFM3-VL-2Bdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

6.1B diff

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 6.1B more parameters than LFM3-VL-2B, making it 316.7% larger.

Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
8.0Bparameters
Liquid AI
LFM3-VL-2B
1.9Bparameters
8.0B
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
1.9B
LFM3-VL-2B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Liquid AI
LFM3-VL-2B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Nov 03 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and LFM3-VL-2B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

LFM3-VL-2B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is licensed under a proprietary license, while LFM3-VL-2B uses LFM Open License v1.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Proprietary

Closed source

LFM3-VL-2B

LFM Open License v1.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was released on 2024-03-15, while LFM3-VL-2B was released on 2026-10-27.

LFM3-VL-2B is 32 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Mar 15, 2024

2.6 years ago

LFM3-VL-2B

Oct 27, 2026

4 days ago

2.6yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-10-01, while LFM3-VL-2B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B's training data extends to 2024-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without LFM3-VL-2B's cutoff date.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Oct 2024

LFM3-VL-2B

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Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and LFM3-VL-2B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
✓ Preferred
LFM3-VL-2B
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs LFM3-VL-2B.

Which is better, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or LFM3-VL-2B?

LFM3-VL-2B leads the LLM Stats Score 15.5 to -1.2. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is made by Google and LFM3-VL-2B is made by Liquid AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B compare to LFM3-VL-2B in benchmarks?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores XSTest: 92.6%, FLEURS: 86.4%, Natural2Code: 75.5%, WMT23: 72.6%, Video-MME: 66.2%. LFM3-VL-2B scores DocVQA: 96.7%, CountBench: 93.0%, ChartQA: 92.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 90.5%, POPE: 88.7%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and LFM3-VL-2B?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports 1.0M tokens and LFM3-VL-2B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and LFM3-VL-2B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-1.2 vs 15.5), licensing (Proprietary vs LFM Open License v1.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and LFM3-VL-2B?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is developed by Google and LFM3-VL-2B is developed by Liquid AI.

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