# LFM3-1.7B vs Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct (slim)

> LFM3-1.7B scores 61 (C) to Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct's 41.8 (E) 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-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct's 41.8 (E), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct 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-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct: E 41.8, rank #158 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-omni-30b-a3b-instruct.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 Reach, 85 against 55; Agent interface, 100 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 67 against 26.
- Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct, good for Agents on a machine with about 96 GB to spare that need one local model to hear, see and answer by voice Ahead on Risk, 55 against 40.

| Category | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 55 |
| Risk (20%) | 40 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 100 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 26 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2025-09-22 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, LFM3-1.7B +41: 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-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct 26 (Model card 11, intended use, architecture, parameters and languages are there, limitations, context and a cut-off aren't.)
- Agent interface, LFM3-1.7B +40: 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-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct 60 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Reach, LFM3-1.7B +30: LFM3-1.7B 85 (Memory 30, Liquid's Q4_K_M GGUF is 1.10 GB, and 1.10 GB × 1.2 = 1.3 GB, which fits 8 GB, well inside the 16 GB line.); Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct 55 (Memory earns 10, because the only build is the 70.5 GB BF16 checkpoint, about 85 GB with a fifth added, which fits only the reference machine's band.)
- Risk, Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct +15: LFM3-1.7B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no code in the repository, so the cookbook's trust_remote_code flag runs nothing.)