# LFM3-1.7B vs Qwen3-Coder-Next (slim)

> LFM3-1.7B scores 61 (C) to Qwen3-Coder-Next's 57.6 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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LFM3-1.7B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Qwen3-Coder-Next's 57.6 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Qwen3-Coder-Next leads on risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LFM3-1.7B: C 61, rank #69 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm3-1-7b.min.md
- Qwen3-Coder-Next: C 57.6, rank #107 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-coder-next.min.md
- 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 75; Documentation and upkeep, 67 against 41.
- Qwen3-Coder-Next, good for Agents that want a local coding model for long tool-calling loops on a single 64 GB to 128 GB machine. Ahead on Risk, 50 against 40.

| Category | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3-Coder-Next |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 40 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 100 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 41 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3-Coder-Next |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Liquid AI | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | LFM Open License v1.0 (free commercial use below $10M annual revenue) | Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-11-09 | 2026-02-03 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, LFM3-1.7B +26: LFM3-1.7B 67 (Model card 17, Intended use (local agents, tool calling, structured outputs, fine-tuning), a limitation (not recommended for agentic coding or complex multi-ste…); Qwen3-Coder-Next 41 (The card covers four of the seven items and misses limitations, languages and a cut-off (11).)
- Agent interface, LFM3-1.7B +25: 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.); Qwen3-Coder-Next 75 (The template ships in the repository (20).)
- Risk, Qwen3-Coder-Next +10: LFM3-1.7B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); Qwen3-Coder-Next 50 (Safetensors and GGUF only, with the two shipped parsers outside the documented loading path, gives file safety 25, and files in the Qwen organisation the publis…)