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LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Qwen3.7-Plus

Qwen3.7-Plus 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 Qwen3.7-Plus is better at 6 benchmarks (BFCL-V4, IFBench, IFEval, MMMU-Pro, RealWorldQA, SimpleVQA). Qwen3.7-Plus 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
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Qwen3.7-Plus

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 6 of 6 shared benchmarks

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
Liquid AI
Qwen3.7-Plus
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
0 of 6
6 of 6
Input price
— / M
$0.32 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.28 / M
Context window
—
1,000,000
Released
Aug 2026
May 2026
License
LFM Open License v1.0
Proprietary

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

LFM2.5-VL-3B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.7-Plus is better at 6 benchmarks (BFCL-V4, IFBench, IFEval, MMMU-Pro, RealWorldQA, SimpleVQA).

Qwen3.7-Plus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.7-Plus specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.7-Plus specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.7-Plus
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both LFM2.5-VL-3B and Qwen3.7-Plus 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

Qwen3.7-Plus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM2.5-VL-3B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while Qwen3.7-Plus uses a proprietary 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

Qwen3.7-Plus

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM2.5-VL-3B was released on 2026-08-12, while Qwen3.7-Plus was released on 2026-05-31.

LFM2.5-VL-3B is 2 months newer than Qwen3.7-Plus.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Aug 12, 2026

1 weeks ago

2mo newer
Qwen3.7-Plus

May 31, 2026

2 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 Qwen3.7-Plus side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.7-Plus
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Qwen3.7-Plus.

Which is better, LFM2.5-VL-3B or Qwen3.7-Plus?

Qwen3.7-Plus significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. LFM2.5-VL-3B is made by Liquid AI and Qwen3.7-Plus 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 Qwen3.7-Plus in benchmarks?

LFM2.5-VL-3B scores DocVQA: 91.1%, POPE: 88.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 87.9%, TextVQA: 84.3%, OCRBench: 84.2%. Qwen3.7-Plus scores IFEval: 94.6%, MMLU-Redux: 94.5%, HMMT Feb 26: 92.9%, MRCR v2: 91.7%, OmniDocBench 1.5: 91.4%.

What are the context window sizes for LFM2.5-VL-3B and Qwen3.7-Plus?

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3.7-Plus 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 Qwen3.7-Plus?

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

Who makes LFM2.5-VL-3B and Qwen3.7-Plus?

LFM2.5-VL-3B is developed by Liquid AI and Qwen3.7-Plus is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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