# LFM2.5-VL-3B vs ZAYA1-VL-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-VL-3B and ZAYA1-VL-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-vl-3b-vs-zaya1-vl-8b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision: use the category and benchmark breakdown to decide which profile better matches your workload.

## Summary

- LFM2.5-VL-3B and ZAYA1-VL-8B are tied on overall score, so the decision depends on category fit rather than the headline number.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is RealWorldQA in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 73.1% and 65.0%.
- ZAYA1-VL-8B also has the larger context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-VL-3B | ZAYA1-VL-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | ZAYA1-VL-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 32.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | ZAYA1-VL-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| RealWorldQA | 73.1% | 65.0% | LFM2.5-VL-3B |
| SimpleVQA | 35.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CountBench | 87.3% | 88.1% | ZAYA1-VL-8B |
| MMMU | 48.4% | 46.0% | LFM2.5-VL-3B |
| MMMU-Pro | 30.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | 47.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | 87.9% | 84.3% | LFM2.5-VL-3B |
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | ZAYA1-VL-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 82.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 25.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LFM2.5-VL-3B or ZAYA1-VL-8B?

LFM2.5-VL-3B and ZAYA1-VL-8B are tied on overall score in the current BenchLM data.

### How many benchmarks does LFM2.5-VL-3B cover on BenchLM?

LFM2.5-VL-3B currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does ZAYA1-VL-8B cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-VL-8B currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [LFM2.5-VL-3B vs ZAYA1-8B](/compare/lfm2-5-vl-3b-vs-zaya1-8b)
- [ZAYA1-VL-8B vs ZAYA1-8B](/compare/zaya1-8b-vs-zaya1-vl-8b)
- [LFM2.5-VL-3B vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview](/compare/lfm2-5-vl-3b-vs-zaya1-74b-preview)
- [ZAYA1-VL-8B vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview](/compare/zaya1-74b-preview-vs-zaya1-vl-8b)

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- [LFM2.5-VL-3B profile](/models/lfm2-5-vl-3b)
- [ZAYA1-VL-8B profile](/models/zaya1-vl-8b)
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