# LFM3-1.7B vs Recursive Flint (slim)

> LFM3-1.7B and Recursive Flint 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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LFM3-1.7B and Recursive Flint score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). Recursive Flint 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
- Recursive Flint: C 61, rank #54 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recursive-flint.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 90.
- Recursive Flint, good for Agents doing repository work on a 32 to 48 GB Mac or NVIDIA box that want a sparse coder with documented tool calls and a plain licence. Ahead on Risk, 60 against 40.

| Category | LFM3-1.7B | Recursive Flint |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 40 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 100 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LFM3-1.7B | Recursive Flint |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Liquid AI | Recursive |
| 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 | 2026-10-21 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Risk, Recursive Flint +20: LFM3-1.7B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); Recursive Flint 60 (File safety 15 of 25, safetensors and GGUF only, but the card's documented BF16 route installs the wheel shipped in the repository.)
- Agent interface, LFM3-1.7B +10: 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.); Recursive Flint 90 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository and inside both GGUFs.)