LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free)

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Budget brief

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) is estimated at $0 for the standard workload.

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) is best suited for free or experimental evaluation. A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $0.

Input price$0per 1M tokens
Output price$0per 1M tokens
Context window32.77Kreported maximum
Popularity#195126.5M tokens signal volume

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Model Specs
ProviderLiquidAI
Model IDliquid/lfm-2.5-1.2b-instruct:free
Prompt Price
per 1M tokens		$0
Completion Price
per 1M tokens		$0
Sample Workload Cost
1M input + 500K output		$0
Context Window32.77K
Release Date
Popularity#195
Popularity Signal126.5M tokens

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Model Introduction

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct is a compact, high-performance instruction-tuned model built for fast on-device AI. It delivers strong chat quality in a 1.2B parameter footprint, with efficient edge inference and broad runtime support.

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LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) is best suited for free or experimental evaluation.

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A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $0.

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