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Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL vs LFM2 8B A1B

Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL (Aisingapore) and LFM2 8B A1B (LiquidAI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 12 September 2026

As of 12 September 2026, Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#168 vs #170).

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #168 against #170 (18.8 vs 18.6 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL was listed 5 February 2026, LFM2 8B A1B 7 October 2025.

Choose LFM2 8B A1B if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which LFM2 8B A1B leads Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL for this pair.

Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL vs LFM2 8B A1B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL and LFM2 8B A1B
FieldGemma SEA LION v4 4B VLAisingaporeLFM2 8B A1BLiquidAI
ModelCap Index position#168#170
Index score18.818.6
EvidenceInheritedEstimated
Input price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Output price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Context window— tokens— tokens
Max output tokens——
API providers listed00
Weight accessRestricted licenseRestricted license
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed5 February 20267 October 2025
PublisherAisingaporeLiquidAI

Evidence: finetune of google/gemma-3-4b-it · finetune (100%) · global-corpus-prior over 188 held-out anchors (19%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 10 rows (81%); exceeds every named peer on 8 of 10 rows; optimism haircut 9.5 from cross-lab-probe; shrunk 8.1 up toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL vs LFM2 8B A1B

Neither model has a published result on a public benchmark board ModelCap tracks yet.

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL vs LFM2 8B A1B: common questions

Is Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL better than LFM2 8B A1B?

Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 12 September 2026: #168 against #170. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL cheaper than LFM2 8B A1B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL or LFM2 8B A1B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL or LFM2 8B A1B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL and LFM2 8B A1B open-weight models?

Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL: Restricted license. LFM2 8B A1B: Restricted license. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL and LFM2 8B A1B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL and 0 for LFM2 8B A1B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL vs LFM2 8B A1B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 12 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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