# LFM3-Audio-2B vs Qwen3.5-2B (slim)

> LFM3-Audio-2B scores 61 (C) to Qwen3.5-2B's 50.5 (D) 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 Qwen3.5-2B's 50.5 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Qwen3.5-2B leads on risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LFM3-Audio-2B: C 61, rank #70 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm3-audio-2b.min.md
- Qwen3.5-2B: D 50.5, rank #144 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-5-2b.min.md
- 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 Agent interface, 85 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 52 against 37.
- Qwen3.5-2B, good for Builders who want a cheap local helper or fine-tuning base for narrow tasks and image reading on a laptop, small GPU or CPU Ahead on Risk, 55 against 40.

| Category | LFM3-Audio-2B | Qwen3.5-2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 80 | 80 |
| Risk (20%) | 40 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 52 | 37 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LFM3-Audio-2B | Qwen3.5-2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2026-11-03 | 2026-03-02 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, LFM3-Audio-2B +25: 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.); Qwen3.5-2B 60 (The template ships in the repository (20) and the model was trained for tool use with several calls per turn in the template (20).)
- Risk, Qwen3.5-2B +15: LFM3-Audio-2B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); Qwen3.5-2B 55 (Safetensors only with no remote code gives file safety its 25, and files in the Qwen organisation the publisher's GitHub links to, each with a hash on the Hub…)
- Documentation and upkeep, LFM3-Audio-2B +15: 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…); Qwen3.5-2B 37 (The card covers six of the seven items, missing only a cut-off (17), because it states the intended uses and warns about thinking loops.)