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LFM2.5-VL-3B vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B 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 QwQ-32B is better at 1 benchmark (IFEval). QwQ-32B 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 QwQ-32B

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
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Released
Aug 2026
Mar 2025
License
LFM Open License v1.0
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

LFM2.5-VL-3B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while QwQ-32B is better at 1 benchmark (IFEval).

QwQ-32B 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

29.4B diff

QwQ-32B has 29.4B more parameters than LFM2.5-VL-3B, making it 940.5% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
3.1Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
32.5Bparameters
3.1B
LFM2.5-VL-3B
32.5B
QwQ-32B

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports multimodal inputs, whereas QwQ-32B 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

QwQ-32B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM2.5-VL-3B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while QwQ-32B 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

QwQ-32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM2.5-VL-3B was released on 2026-08-12, while QwQ-32B was released on 2025-03-05.

LFM2.5-VL-3B is 18 months newer than QwQ-32B.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Aug 12, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.4yr newer
QwQ-32B

Mar 5, 2025

1.5 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

QwQ-32B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while LFM2.5-VL-3B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm QwQ-32B's training data extends to 2024-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without LFM2.5-VL-3B's cutoff date.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

QwQ-32B

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM2.5-VL-3B and QwQ-32B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
✓ Preferred
QwQ-32B
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM2.5-VL-3B vs QwQ-32B.

Which is better, LFM2.5-VL-3B or QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. LFM2.5-VL-3B is made by Liquid AI and QwQ-32B 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 QwQ-32B in benchmarks?

LFM2.5-VL-3B scores DocVQA: 91.1%, POPE: 88.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 87.9%, TextVQA: 84.3%, OCRBench: 84.2%. QwQ-32B scores MATH-500: 90.6%, IFEval: 83.9%, AIME 2024: 79.5%, LiveBench: 73.1%, BFCL: 66.4%.

What are the main differences between LFM2.5-VL-3B and QwQ-32B?

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 QwQ-32B?

LFM2.5-VL-3B is developed by Liquid AI and QwQ-32B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.