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LFM2.5-VL-3B vs LongCat-2.5

LongCat-2.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 49.7 to 3.0.

Liquid AI · Meituan · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LongCat-2.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 49.7 to 3.0, ranking #22 overall.

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

Choose LFM2.5-VL-3B

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose LongCat-2.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 49.7 and ranks #22 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and agents — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
Liquid AI
LongCat-2.5
Meituan
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
3.0
#353
49.7
#22
Reasoning
-2.4
#373
48.0
#23
Agents
-3.4
#221
35.8
#24
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.20 / M
Context window
—
1,048,576

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
LFM2.5-VL-3B
LongCat-2.5
Vision
1.0#209
32.4#29
Multimodal
3.0#168
34.8#15
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

23 reported for LFM2.5-VL-3B · 23 for LongCat-2.5

No common benchmarks found

LFM2.5-VL-3B and LongCat-2.5don'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

1596.9B diff

LongCat-2.5 has 1596.9B more parameters than LFM2.5-VL-3B, making it 51124.9% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
3.1Bparameters
Meituan
LongCat-2.5
1.6Tparameters
3.1B
LFM2.5-VL-3B
1600.0B
LongCat-2.5

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only LongCat-2.5 specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only LongCat-2.5 specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meituan
LongCat-2.5
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Wed Nov 11 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both LFM2.5-VL-3B and LongCat-2.5 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

LongCat-2.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM2.5-VL-3B was released on 2026-08-12, while LongCat-2.5 was released on 2026-11-01.

LongCat-2.5 is 3 months newer than LFM2.5-VL-3B.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Aug 12, 2026

2 months ago

LongCat-2.5

Nov 1, 2026

1 weeks ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM2.5-VL-3B and LongCat-2.5 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
✓ Preferred
LongCat-2.5
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM2.5-VL-3B vs LongCat-2.5.

Which is better, LFM2.5-VL-3B or LongCat-2.5?

LongCat-2.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 49.7 to 3.0. LFM2.5-VL-3B is made by Liquid AI and LongCat-2.5 is made by Meituan. 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 LongCat-2.5 in benchmarks?

LFM2.5-VL-3B scores DocVQA: 91.1%, POPE: 88.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 87.9%, TextVQA: 84.3%, OCRBench: 84.2%. LongCat-2.5 scores MathVision: 96.5%, BrowseComp: 91.9%, CharXiv-R: 90.2%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 88.4%, Video-MME: 85.2%.

What are the context window sizes for LFM2.5-VL-3B and LongCat-2.5?

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports an unknown number of tokens and LongCat-2.5 supports 1.0M 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 LongCat-2.5?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (3.0 vs 49.7), licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs Unknown). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM2.5-VL-3B and LongCat-2.5?

LFM2.5-VL-3B is developed by Liquid AI and LongCat-2.5 is developed by Meituan.

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