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LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Liquid AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM2.5-VL-3B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (IFEval, Multi-IF). Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose LFM2.5-VL-3B

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

Choose Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 2 of 2 shared benchmarks

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
Liquid AI
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
0 of 2
2 of 2
Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.50 / M
Context window
—
65,536
Released
Aug 2026
Sep 2025
License
LFM Open License v1.0
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

LFM2.5-VL-3B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (IFEval, Multi-IF).

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

76.9B diff

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct has 76.9B more parameters than LFM2.5-VL-3B, making it 2461.2% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
3.1Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
80.0Bparameters
3.1B
LFM2.5-VL-3B
80.0B
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct specifies input context (65,536 tokens). Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Input65,536 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct does not.

LFM2.5-VL-3B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM2.5-VL-3B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM2.5-VL-3B was released on 2026-08-12, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.

LFM2.5-VL-3B is 11 months newer than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Aug 12, 2026

1 weeks ago

11mo newer
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Sep 10, 2025

11 months ago

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

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM2.5-VL-3B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
✓ Preferred
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.

Which is better, LFM2.5-VL-3B or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. LFM2.5-VL-3B is made by Liquid AI and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does LFM2.5-VL-3B compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct in benchmarks?

LFM2.5-VL-3B scores DocVQA: 91.1%, POPE: 88.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 87.9%, TextVQA: 84.3%, OCRBench: 84.2%. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct scores MMLU-Redux: 90.9%, MultiPL-E: 87.8%, IFEval: 87.6%, WritingBench: 87.3%, Creative Writing v3: 85.3%.

What are the context window sizes for LFM2.5-VL-3B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct supports 66K 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 Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM2.5-VL-3B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

LFM2.5-VL-3B is developed by Liquid AI and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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