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How to Run LFM3-VL-2B Locally: Better OCR Than LFM2-VL in the Same 1.25 GB

To run LFM3-VL-2B locally you download about 1.25 GB: the Q4_0 GGUF plus the Q8_0 vision projector. LFM2-VL-1.6B at Q4_0 plus its Q8_0 projector was 1.26 GB. Same download, and OCRBench goes from 72.9 to 82.2 before you even turn on the new thinking mode. Liquid AI shipped the model on October 27,…

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  1. 2026-10-28 18:50 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    How to Run LFM3-VL-2B Locally: Better OCR Than LFM2-VL in the Same 1.25 GB

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