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@0xSero recommends LFM2.5–2.6B as the “best model for your local hardware 8GB,”…

2026-08-04 · 21:34 UTC ·@0xSero ·1 min read

Brief

Author @0xSero spotlights Liquid AI’s LFM2.5–2.6B as an 8GB-capable, agentic on-device model trained in Hermes. Liquid AI says it was pre-trained on ~34T tokens, supports 128K context/vocab, runs entirely on-device (data never leaves), is single‑GPU customizable, open-weight, and reportedly outperforms several larger models on multiple benchmarks.

Why it matters

@0xSero recommends LFM2.5–2.6B as the “best model for your local hardware 8GB,” stating it was trained in Hermes and can navigate phones, computers and bots.

Key details

  • Liquid AI released LFM2.5–2.6B: an agentic, on-device model pre-trained on ~34T tokens, with 128K context length and 128K vocab; runs entirely on phones/laptops/PCs/robots, is customizable on a single GPU, and is released under the LFM2 open-weight license.
  • Benchmarks reported: ToolSandbox 77.83 (vs Qwen3.5-9B 76.44), Multi-IF 80.07 (vs Gemma-4-E4B-it 77.35), IFStruct 85.49 (vs Qwen3.5-9B 78.50), claiming comparable-or-better performance versus models up to ~4× larger.
Source evidence

Best model for your local hardware 8GB

  • trained in Hermes
  • trained on a ridiculous amount of tokens
  • can navigate phones, computers and bots

Enjoy ❤️

Liquid AI (@liquidai)

Today we release LFM2.5-2.6B, an agentic model that runs entirely on-device. It plans, calls tools, and works through multi-step tasks on phones, laptops, PCs, and robots. Data never leaves the device, and the marginal cost of each run is essentially zero.

> Pre-trained on ~34T tokens
> LFM2.5 flagship hybrid architecture
> Context length: 128K
> Vocab size: 128K
> balanced intelligence per watt
> customizable on a single GPU for any specialized task
> LFM2 open-weight license

Comparable or better scores compared to models up to nearly 4x its size:
> ToolSandbox 77.83, ahead of Qwen3.5-9B at 76.44
> Multi-IF 80.07, ahead of Gemma-4-E4B-it at 77.35
> IFStruct 85.49, ahead of Qwen3.5-9B at 78.50

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— https://nitter.net/liquidai/status/2084640701669613906#m