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LFM3-VL-2B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

LFM3-VL-2B leads the LLM Stats Score 15.5 to -0.1.

Liquid AI · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM3-VL-2B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 15.5 to -0.1, ranking #265 overall.

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

Choose LFM3-VL-2B

  • overall performance matters — it scores 15.5 and ranks #265 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the NVIDIA ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM3-VL-2B
Liquid AI
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
15.5
#265
-0.1
#365
Reasoning
16.2
#252
-0.4
#358
Cost, coverage & limits
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
LFM3-VL-2B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Math
19.0#187
6.8#289
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

41 reported for LFM3-VL-2B · 11 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

LFM3-VL-2B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B 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

68.1B diff

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has 68.1B more parameters than LFM3-VL-2B, making it 3545.8% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM3-VL-2B
1.9Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
1.9B
LFM3-VL-2B
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

LFM3-VL-2B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct does not.

LFM3-VL-2B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

LFM3-VL-2B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM3-VL-2B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

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

LFM3-VL-2B

LFM Open License v1.0

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM3-VL-2B was released on 2026-10-27, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01.

LFM3-VL-2B is 25 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

LFM3-VL-2B

Oct 27, 2026

5 days ago

2.1yr newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while LFM3-VL-2B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without LFM3-VL-2B's cutoff date.

LFM3-VL-2B

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM3-VL-2B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM3-VL-2B
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM3-VL-2B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Which is better, LFM3-VL-2B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

LFM3-VL-2B leads the LLM Stats Score 15.5 to -0.1. LFM3-VL-2B is made by Liquid AI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does LFM3-VL-2B compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct in benchmarks?

LFM3-VL-2B scores DocVQA: 96.7%, CountBench: 93.0%, ChartQA: 92.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 90.5%, POPE: 88.7%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.4%, HellaSwag: 85.6%, Winogrande: 84.5%, GSM8K Chat: 81.9%, MMLU Chat: 80.6%.

What are the main differences between LFM3-VL-2B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (15.5 vs -0.1), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM3-VL-2B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

LFM3-VL-2B is developed by Liquid AI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is developed by NVIDIA.

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