# LFM3-1.7B vs Particle-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM3-1.7B and Particle-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm3-1-7b-vs-particle-1
- Last updated: October 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LFM3-1.7B and Particle-1 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- LFM3-1.7B has the lower published output-token price.
- Particle-1 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM3-1.7B | Particle-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Particle AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 21.17 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.25 / $1.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 15.4 (Estimated · #130/135)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 41.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 71.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 68.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | 38.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 32.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ToolSandbox | 80.36% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 68.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 13.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | 79.9% | Particle-1 |
| LiveClaw | 45.60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 12.7 (Estimated · #151/156)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 28.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 23% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | 79.9% | Particle-1 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 31.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 72.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| RULER (128K) | 65.56% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 23.1 (Estimated · #173/179)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 63.4% | 90.4% | Particle-1 |
| HLE | 7.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 71.7 (#76/157)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 96.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 73.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Multi-IF | 89.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFStruct | 93.72% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LFM3-1.7B and Particle-1?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [LFM3-1.7B vs LFM3-1.7B-Base](/compare/lfm3-1-7b-vs-lfm3-1-7b-base)
- [Particle-1 vs LFM3-1.7B-Base](/compare/lfm3-1-7b-base-vs-particle-1)
- [LFM3-1.7B vs LFM3-Audio-2B](/compare/lfm3-1-7b-vs-lfm3-audio-2b)
- [Particle-1 vs LFM3-Audio-2B](/compare/lfm3-audio-2b-vs-particle-1)

## Explore More

- [LFM3-1.7B profile](/models/lfm3-1-7b)
- [Particle-1 profile](/models/particle-1)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)