# Hy-Memory-30B-A3B vs LFM3-1.7B (slim)

> Hy-Memory-30B-A3B and LFM3-1.7B 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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Hy-Memory-30B-A3B and LFM3-1.7B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). LFM3-1.7B leads on agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Hy-Memory-30B-A3B: C 61, rank #68 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hy-memory-30b-a3b.min.md
- LFM3-1.7B: C 61, rank #69 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm3-1-7b.min.md
- Hy-Memory-30B-A3B, good for Agents with an external memory framework that want a local model for the write path on a 24 GB card Ahead on Risk, 60 against 40.
- LFM3-1.7B, good for Agents on a laptop, phone or small server that need tool calling and a long context from a model under 2 GB at 4 bits Ahead on Agent interface, 100 against 65.

| Category | Hy-Memory-30B-A3B | LFM3-1.7B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 40 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 100 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 68 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hy-Memory-30B-A3B | LFM3-1.7B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Tencent (Hy team) | Liquid AI |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | LFM Open License v1.0 (free commercial use below $10M annual revenue) |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-11-09 |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, LFM3-1.7B +35: Hy-Memory-30B-A3B 65 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository.); LFM3-1.7B 100 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (12,129 characters), with roles, tools, deferred tools, tool results and the thinking switch.)
- Risk, Hy-Memory-30B-A3B +20: Hy-Memory-30B-A3B 60 (File safety 25, 51 safetensors shards and no pickle or Python files.); LFM3-1.7B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).)