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LFM2.5-2.6B vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

LFM2.5-2.6B (Liquid) and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (Qwen) 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 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#181 vs #183); LFM2.5-2.6B is cheaper per output token (Free/1M vs $0.28/1M); Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct offers the longer context window (262K vs 66K tokens); and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose LFM2.5-2.6B if…

  • API cost matters — Free/1M output tokens against $0.28/1M.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost Free/1M against $0.07/1M.
  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 6.2% against 3.8%.
  • you want the more recently listed model — LFM2.5-2.6B was listed 11 August 2026, Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 31 July 2025.

Choose Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #181 against #183 (16.2 vs 14.7 points).
  • you need the longer context window — 262K tokens against 66K.
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct ships open weights while LFM2.5-2.6B is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 1.
  • AA Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 13.6 against 11.0.

LFM2.5-2.6B vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of LFM2.5-2.6B and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
FieldLFM2.5-2.6BLiquidQwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#183#181
Index score14.716.2
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensFree$0.07
Output price / 1M tokensFree$0.28
Context window66K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens8K236K
API providers listed14
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed11 August 202631 July 2025
PublisherLiquidQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: LFM2.5-2.6B vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where LFM2.5-2.6B or Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct has a published result
BoardLFM2.5-2.6BQwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructLeads
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis11.0intelligence-index13.6intelligence-indexQwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis4.5%terminal-bench-2.1—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—34.5%tau2-bench-telecomOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis6.2%humanitys-last-exam3.8%humanitys-last-examLFM2.5-2.6B

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

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LFM2.5-2.6B vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: common questions

Is LFM2.5-2.6B better than Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #181 against #183. 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.

Is LFM2.5-2.6B cheaper than Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

LFM2.5-2.6B is cheaper on output tokens: Free/1M against $0.28/1M. Input tokens are Free/1M for LFM2.5-2.6B and $0.07/1M for Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, LFM2.5-2.6B or Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct has the larger context window: 262K tokens against 66K.

Which is better for coding, LFM2.5-2.6B or Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

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 LFM2.5-2.6B and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct open-weight models?

LFM2.5-2.6B: Restricted license. Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: Open weights. 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 LFM2.5-2.6B and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for LFM2.5-2.6B and 4 for Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this LFM2.5-2.6B vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 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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