# LFM3-Omni-2B vs LongCat-2.5 (slim)

> LFM3-Omni-2B scores 61 (C) to LongCat-2.5'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-Omni-2B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against LongCat-2.5's 50.5 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. LongCat-2.5 leads on risk and agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LFM3-Omni-2B: C 61, rank #71 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm3-omni-2b.min.md
- LongCat-2.5: D 50.5, rank #145 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/longcat-2-5.min.md
- LFM3-Omni-2B, good for Voice and camera agents on a laptop or phone that want one small model for hearing, seeing, speaking and calling tools Ahead on Reach, 80 against 35.
- LongCat-2.5, good for Operators with NPU clusters, and anyone tracking what the open flagships can do Ahead on Risk, 60 against 40; Agent interface, 75 against 70.

| Category | LFM3-Omni-2B | LongCat-2.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 80 | 35 |
| Risk (20%) | 40 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 49 | 46 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LFM3-Omni-2B | LongCat-2.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Liquid AI | Meituan (LongCat) |
| Licence | LFM Open License v1.0 (free commercial use below $10M annual revenue) | MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-11-03 | 2026-11-10 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | not read yet |

Why the edge:
- Reach, LFM3-Omni-2B +45: LFM3-Omni-2B 80 (Memory 30, Liquid's Q4_K_M GGUF is 1.10 GB with its 0.29 GB projector file, and 1.39 GB × 1.2 = 1.7 GB, which fits 8 GB, well inside the 16 GB line.); LongCat-2.5 35 (Memory 0, the smallest build is Meituan's W4A4 repository, 1,336 GB, and 1,336 GB × 1.2 = 1,603 GB, far above 256 GB.)
- Risk, LongCat-2.5 +20: LFM3-Omni-2B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); LongCat-2.5 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.)
- Agent interface, LongCat-2.5 +5: LFM3-Omni-2B 70 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (13,513 characters), with roles, images, video and audio, tools, deferred tools and tool results.); LongCat-2.5 75 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (11,823 characters), with a copy in tokenizer_config.json.)