# LFM3-VL-2B vs Ling-3.0-tiny (slim)

> LFM3-VL-2B scores 61 (C) to Ling-3.0-tiny's 56.2 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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LFM3-VL-2B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Ling-3.0-tiny's 56.2 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Ling-3.0-tiny leads on reach and risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LFM3-VL-2B: C 61, rank #72 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm3-vl-2b.min.md
- Ling-3.0-tiny: C 56.2, rank #117 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ling-3-0-tiny.min.md
- LFM3-VL-2B, good for Agents on a laptop, phone or robot that need to read screens, documents, images and video from a model under 2 GB at 4 bits Ahead on Agent interface, 90 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 77 against 56.
- Ling-3.0-tiny, good for Agents on a laptop or small GPU that want a fast local model for tool calls and short reasoning, under MIT Ahead on Reach, 95 against 85; Risk, 50 against 40.

| Category | LFM3-VL-2B | Ling-3.0-tiny |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 95 |
| Risk (20%) | 40 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 90 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 77 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LFM3-VL-2B | Ling-3.0-tiny |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Liquid AI | inclusionAI (Ant Group) |
| Licence | LFM Open License v1.0 (free commercial use below $10M annual revenue) | MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-11-09 | 2026-08-31 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, LFM3-VL-2B +30: LFM3-VL-2B 90 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (12,129 characters), with roles, images and video, tools, deferred tools, tool results and the thinking…); Ling-3.0-tiny 60 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Documentation and upkeep, LFM3-VL-2B +21: LFM3-VL-2B 77 (Model card 17, Intended use (questions about video, documents, charts and app screens, finding objects, spatial reasoning), a limitation (not recommended for co…); Ling-3.0-tiny 56 (Model card 11, intended use, architecture, parameters and context are there, limitations, languages and a cut-off aren't.)
- Reach, Ling-3.0-tiny +10: LFM3-VL-2B 85 (Memory 30, Liquid's Q4_K_M GGUF is 1.10 GB with its 0.20 GB projector file, and 1.30 GB × 1.2 = 1.6 GB, which fits 8 GB, well inside the 16 GB line.); Ling-3.0-tiny 95 (Memory earns the full 30, since inclusionAI's own Q4_K_M GGUF is 4.8 GB, about 6 GB with a fifth added.)
- Risk, Ling-3.0-tiny +10: LFM3-VL-2B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); Ling-3.0-tiny 50 (File safety gets 15, safetensors and GGUF only, but the card's vLLM command runs the repository's config code with --trust-remote-code.)