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LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct are closely matched at 2.7 and -1.8 on the LLM Stats Score.

Liquid AI · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 2.7 and -1.8.

In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Llama 3.2 11B Instruct wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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

Choose LFM2.5-VL-3B

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 3 exact shared results

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
Liquid AI
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
2.7
#335
-1.8
#360
Reasoning
-2.7
#356
-1.3
#351
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 3
2 of 3
Input price
— / M
$0.05 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.05 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
LFM2.5-VL-3B
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Vision
1.1#196
-0.3#203
Multimodal
2.9#162
2.3#166
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

23 reported for LFM2.5-VL-3B · 11 for Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

3 shared

LFM2.5-VL-3B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (DocVQA), while Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (ChartQA, MMMU-Pro).

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Sun Oct 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

7.5B diff

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct has 7.5B more parameters than LFM2.5-VL-3B, making it 239.4% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
3.1Bparameters
Meta
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
10.6Bparameters
3.1B
LFM2.5-VL-3B
10.6B
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.2 11B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Llama 3.2 11B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Sun Oct 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct support multimodal inputs.

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

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM2.5-VL-3B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while Llama 3.2 11B Instruct uses Llama 3.2 Community License.

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

LFM2.5-VL-3B

LFM Open License v1.0

Open weights

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Llama 3.2 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM2.5-VL-3B was released on 2026-08-12, while Llama 3.2 11B Instruct was released on 2024-09-25.

LFM2.5-VL-3B is 23 months newer than Llama 3.2 11B Instruct.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Aug 12, 2026

2 months ago

1.9yr newer
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Sep 25, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while LFM2.5-VL-3B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.2 11B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without LFM2.5-VL-3B's cutoff date.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

—

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Llama 3.2 11B Instruct.

Which is better, LFM2.5-VL-3B or Llama 3.2 11B Instruct?

LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 2.7 and -1.8. LFM2.5-VL-3B is made by Liquid AI and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does LFM2.5-VL-3B compare to Llama 3.2 11B Instruct in benchmarks?

LFM2.5-VL-3B scores DocVQA: 91.1%, POPE: 88.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 87.9%, TextVQA: 84.3%, OCRBench: 84.2%. Llama 3.2 11B Instruct scores AI2D: 91.1%, DocVQA: 88.4%, ChartQA: 83.4%, VQAv2 (test): 75.2%, MMLU: 73.0%.

What are the context window sizes for LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct?

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports an unknown number of tokens and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (2.7 vs -1.8), licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs Llama 3.2 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct?

LFM2.5-VL-3B is developed by Liquid AI and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is developed by Meta.

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