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LFM3-VL-2B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

LFM3-VL-2B leads the LLM Stats Score 15.5 to 4.2.

Liquid AI · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM3-VL-2B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 15.5 to 4.2, 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 Nano 8B V1

  • 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 Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
15.5
#265
4.2
#340
Reasoning
16.2
#252
4.8
#332
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 Nano 8B V1
Math
19.0#187
8.9#277
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

41 reported for LFM3-VL-2B · 7 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

No common benchmarks found

LFM3-VL-2B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1don'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

6.1B diff

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has 6.1B more parameters than LFM3-VL-2B, making it 316.7% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM3-VL-2B
1.9Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
8.0Bparameters
1.9B
LFM3-VL-2B
8.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

LFM3-VL-2B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 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 Nano 8B V1

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 Nano 8B V1 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 Nano 8B V1

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 Nano 8B V1 was released on 2025-03-18.

LFM3-VL-2B is 20 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1.

LFM3-VL-2B

Oct 27, 2026

5 days ago

1.6yr newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mar 18, 2025

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while LFM3-VL-2B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without LFM3-VL-2B's cutoff date.

LFM3-VL-2B

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM3-VL-2B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about LFM3-VL-2B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1.

Which is better, LFM3-VL-2B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

LFM3-VL-2B leads the LLM Stats Score 15.5 to 4.2. LFM3-VL-2B is made by Liquid AI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 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 Nano 8B V1 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 Nano 8B V1 scores MATH-500: 95.4%, MBPP: 84.6%, MT-Bench: 81.0%, IFEval: 79.3%, BFCL v2: 63.6%.

What are the main differences between LFM3-VL-2B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (15.5 vs 4.2), 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 Nano 8B V1?

LFM3-VL-2B is developed by Liquid AI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is developed by NVIDIA.

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