# LBS-27B vs LFM3-Audio-2B (slim)

> LFM3-Audio-2B scores 61 (C) to LBS-27B's 55.8 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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LFM3-Audio-2B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against LBS-27B's 55.8 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. LBS-27B leads on risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LBS-27B: C 55.8, rank #118 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lbs-27b.min.md
- LFM3-Audio-2B: C 61, rank #70 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm3-audio-2b.min.md
- LBS-27B, good for Agents with about 96 GB of GPU memory that need to find click targets on dense professional screenshots, or read fine detail in large images, and can run a small crop loop and wait for independent results. Ahead on Risk, 50 against 40.
- LFM3-Audio-2B, good for Voice agents on a laptop or phone that need speech in, speech out and tool calls from one small model Ahead on Reach, 80 against 60; Agent interface, 85 against 70; Documentation and upkeep, 52 against 43.

| Category | LBS-27B | LFM3-Audio-2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 60 | 80 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 40 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 43 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LBS-27B | LFM3-Audio-2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | inclusionAI (Ant Group) | Liquid AI |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (the card's metadata and licence section; the LICENSE file sits in the GitHub repository inclusionAI/UI-Venus on its LBS branch, not in the Hugging Face repository) | LFM Open License v1.0 (free commercial use below $10M annual revenue) |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-26 | 2026-11-03 |

Why the edge:
- Reach, LFM3-Audio-2B +20: LBS-27B 60 (Memory earns 10, since the only build is 54.73 GB of BF16, about 66 GB with a fifth added, which fits the reference machine but not 64 GB.); LFM3-Audio-2B 80 (Memory 30, Liquid's Q4_K_M GGUF is 1.10 GB with its 0.17 GB projector file, and 1.27 GB × 1.2 = 1.5 GB, which fits 8 GB, well inside the 16 GB line.)
- Agent interface, LFM3-Audio-2B +15: LBS-27B 70 (The chat template earns 20, Qwen's Jinja file in the repository.); LFM3-Audio-2B 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (9,328 characters), with roles, audio, tools, deferred tools and tool results.)
- Risk, LBS-27B +10: LBS-27B 50 (File safety earns 15, safetensors only but with the documented route running the publisher's scripts to serve it and to write its system prompt.); LFM3-Audio-2B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).)
- Documentation and upkeep, LFM3-Audio-2B +9: LBS-27B 43 (The model card earns 8, with intended use, one limitation and parameters, and no architecture, context, languages or cut-off.); LFM3-Audio-2B 52 (Model card 17, Intended use (local agents, tool calling, structured outputs, fine-tuning), limitations (not recommended for agentic coding or complex multi-step…)