# Agents-A1-4B vs LFM3-VL-2B (slim)

> Agents-A1-4B and LFM3-VL-2B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Agents-A1-4B and LFM3-VL-2B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). LFM3-VL-2B leads on agent interface and documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Agents-A1-4B: C 61, rank #39 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agents-a1-4b.min.md
- LFM3-VL-2B: C 61, rank #72 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm3-vl-2b.min.md
- Agents-A1-4B, good for Local agent loops (search, research, tool calls) on a laptop, a small GPU or a phone-class machine, under a plain licence Ahead on Reach, 90 against 85; Risk, 55 against 40.
- LFM3-VL-2B, good for Agents on a laptop, phone or robot that need to read screens, documents, images and video from a model under 2 GB at 4 bits Ahead on Agent interface, 90 against 70; Documentation and upkeep, 77 against 43.

| Category | Agents-A1-4B | LFM3-VL-2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 40 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 43 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Agents-A1-4B | LFM3-VL-2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | InternScience (Shanghai AI Laboratory) | Liquid AI |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | LFM Open License v1.0 (free commercial use below $10M annual revenue) |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-07-14 | 2026-11-09 |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, LFM3-VL-2B +34: Agents-A1-4B 43 (Model card 8, it covers intended use, parameters and context but not the architecture, limitations, languages or a knowledge cut-off.); LFM3-VL-2B 77 (Model card 17, Intended use (questions about video, documents, charts and app screens, finding objects, spatial reasoning), a limitation (not recommended for co…)
- Agent interface, LFM3-VL-2B +20: Agents-A1-4B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); LFM3-VL-2B 90 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (12,129 characters), with roles, images and video, tools, deferred tools, tool results and the thinking…)
- Risk, Agents-A1-4B +15: Agents-A1-4B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only and nothing from the repository runs.); LFM3-VL-2B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).)
- Reach, Agents-A1-4B +5: Agents-A1-4B 90 (Memory 30, InternScience's Q4_K_M GGUF with its vision projector is 3.4 GB and needs about 4.1 GB with the fifth added.); LFM3-VL-2B 85 (Memory 30, Liquid's Q4_K_M GGUF is 1.10 GB with its 0.20 GB projector file, and 1.30 GB × 1.2 = 1.6 GB, which fits 8 GB, well inside the 16 GB line.)