# Kronos vs LFM3-VL-2B (slim)

> LFM3-VL-2B scores 61 (C) to Kronos's 55.2 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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LFM3-VL-2B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Kronos's 55.2 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Kronos leads on risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Kronos: C 55.2, rank #122 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kronos.min.md
- LFM3-VL-2B: C 61, rank #72 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm3-vl-2b.min.md
- Kronos, good for Agents that need a quick local forecast or synthetic sample of a candlestick series on modest hardware, for research or as one input among others. Ahead on Risk, 50 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 Reach, 85 against 55; Agent interface, 90 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 77 against 61.

| Category | Kronos | LFM3-VL-2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 55 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 40 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 61 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kronos | LFM3-VL-2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Yu Shi (shiyu-coder, NeoQuasar), Tsinghua University | Liquid AI |
| Licence | MIT | LFM Open License v1.0 (free commercial use below $10M annual revenue) |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-04-13 | 2026-11-09 |
| Popularity | 43k stars | none |

Why the edge:
- Reach, LFM3-VL-2B +30: Kronos 55 (Memory 30, the publisher's Kronos-mini with its tokeniser is 0.03 GB and even Kronos-base is 0.43 GB in FP32. Runtimes 0, it runs only through the publisher's o…); 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.)
- Agent interface, LFM3-VL-2B +30: Kronos 60 (Read for a forecasting model, the tool-calling, trained tool calling and structured-output lines stand for what it takes and returns.); 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…)
- Documentation and upkeep, LFM3-VL-2B +16: Kronos 61 (Model card 11, intended use, architecture, parameters and context are there, limitations, languages and a cut-off aren't.); 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…)
- Risk, Kronos +10: Kronos 50 (File safety 15, safetensors only, but the only documented loading path is the publisher's Python package in place of a runtime.); LFM3-VL-2B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).)