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LFM3-VL-2B vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

LFM3-VL-2B and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct are closely matched at 15.5 and 13.7 on the LLM Stats Score.

Liquid AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM3-VL-2B and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 15.5 and 13.7.

In the 7 individual benchmarks reported for both models, LFM3-VL-2B wins 4; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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

Choose LFM3-VL-2B

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 4 of 7 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM3-VL-2B
Liquid AI
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
15.5
#265
13.7
#277
Reasoning
16.2
#252
11.3
#289
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
4 of 7
3 of 7
Input price
— / M
— / M
Output price
— / M
— / M
Context window
—
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
LFM3-VL-2B
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Vision
11.4#133
10.3#148
Multimodal
12.6#124
11.0#134
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

41 reported for LFM3-VL-2B · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

7 shared

LFM3-VL-2B outperforms in 4 benchmarks (ChartQA, MathVista-Mini, RealWorldQA, TextVQA), while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (MMMU-Pro, MVBench, OCRBench).

LFM3-VL-2B has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

Mon Nov 02 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

71.5B diff

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has 71.5B more parameters than LFM3-VL-2B, making it 3722.9% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM3-VL-2B
1.9Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
73.4Bparameters
1.9B
LFM3-VL-2B
73.4B
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both LFM3-VL-2B and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

LFM3-VL-2B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM3-VL-2B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM3-VL-2B was released on 2026-10-27, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.

LFM3-VL-2B is 26 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

LFM3-VL-2B

Oct 27, 2026

4 days ago

2.2yr newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Aug 29, 2024

2.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while LFM3-VL-2B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct's training data extends to 2023-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without LFM3-VL-2B's cutoff date.

LFM3-VL-2B

—

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Jun 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM3-VL-2B and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM3-VL-2B
✓ Preferred
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM3-VL-2B vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Which is better, LFM3-VL-2B or Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

LFM3-VL-2B and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 15.5 and 13.7. LFM3-VL-2B is made by Liquid AI and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. 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 Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct in benchmarks?

LFM3-VL-2B scores DocVQA: 96.7%, CountBench: 93.0%, ChartQA: 92.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 90.5%, POPE: 88.7%. Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.5%, VCR_en_easy: 91.9%, ChartQA: 88.3%, OCRBench: 87.7%, MMBench: 86.5%.

What are the main differences between LFM3-VL-2B and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (15.5 vs 13.7), licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM3-VL-2B and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

LFM3-VL-2B is developed by Liquid AI and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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