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LFM3-1.7B vs Mistral NeMo Instruct

LFM3-1.7B leads the LLM Stats Score 25.0 to -5.2.

Liquid AI · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM3-1.7B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 25.0 to -5.2, ranking #192 overall.

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

Choose LFM3-1.7B

  • overall performance matters — it scores 25.0 and ranks #192 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Mistral NeMo Instruct

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.02/M input and $0.03/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM3-1.7B
Liquid AI
Mistral NeMo Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
25.0
#192
-5.2
#392
Reasoning
20.8
#216
-5.5
#386
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
— / M
$0.02 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.03 / M
Context window
—
131,072

Individual benchmarks

20 reported for LFM3-1.7B · 8 for Mistral NeMo Instruct

No common benchmarks found

LFM3-1.7B and Mistral NeMo Instructdon'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

10.3B diff

Mistral NeMo Instruct has 10.3B more parameters than LFM3-1.7B, making it 593.6% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM3-1.7B
1.7Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral NeMo Instruct
12.0Bparameters
1.7B
LFM3-1.7B
12.0B
Mistral NeMo Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral NeMo Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Mistral NeMo Instruct specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Liquid AI
LFM3-1.7B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral NeMo Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Mon Nov 02 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM3-1.7B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while Mistral NeMo Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

LFM3-1.7B

LFM Open License v1.0

Open weights

Mistral NeMo Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM3-1.7B was released on 2026-10-27, while Mistral NeMo Instruct was released on 2024-07-18.

LFM3-1.7B is 28 months newer than Mistral NeMo Instruct.

LFM3-1.7B

Oct 27, 2026

6 days ago

2.3yr newer
Mistral NeMo Instruct

Jul 18, 2024

2.3 years 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 LFM3-1.7B and Mistral NeMo Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM3-1.7B
✓ Preferred
Mistral NeMo Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM3-1.7B vs Mistral NeMo Instruct.

Which is better, LFM3-1.7B or Mistral NeMo Instruct?

LFM3-1.7B leads the LLM Stats Score 25.0 to -5.2. LFM3-1.7B is made by Liquid AI and Mistral NeMo Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does LFM3-1.7B compare to Mistral NeMo Instruct in benchmarks?

LFM3-1.7B scores IFEval: 96.7%, Multi-IF: 89.1%, LiveCodeBench v6: 73.5%, IFBench: 73.0%, BFCL-V4: 71.4%. Mistral NeMo Instruct scores HellaSwag: 83.5%, Winogrande: 76.8%, TriviaQA: 73.8%, CommonSenseQA: 70.4%, MMLU: 68.0%.

What are the context window sizes for LFM3-1.7B and Mistral NeMo Instruct?

LFM3-1.7B supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral NeMo Instruct supports 131K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between LFM3-1.7B and Mistral NeMo Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (25.0 vs -5.2), licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM3-1.7B and Mistral NeMo Instruct?

LFM3-1.7B is developed by Liquid AI and Mistral NeMo Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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