# LFM3-1.7B vs Qwen3.6-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM3-1.7B and Qwen3.6-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm3-1-7b-vs-qwen3-6-27b
- Last updated: October 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.6-27B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.6-27B has the higher overall point estimate 48.41 to 22.99. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 13 for LFM3-1.7B and 35.1 for Qwen3.6-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE Multilingual in Coding, with scores of 23% and 71.3%.
- Qwen3.6-27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3.6-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 22.99 | 48.41 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 40 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 14.4 (Estimated · #123/134)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 29.6 (Supported · #101/134)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3.6-27B | 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% | 72.4% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| HLE w/ tools | 13.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveClaw | 45.60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1487 | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 70.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 54.84% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 13 (Estimated · #142/155)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 35.1 (Supported · #82/155)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 28.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 43.4% | 77.2% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| SWE Multilingual | 23% | 71.3% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.5% | 83.9% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 31.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 36.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 70.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 78.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| RULER (128K) | 65.56% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 67.4 (#42/58)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 82.9% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 84.1% | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| MStar | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| CountBench | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 62.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 94.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 25.5 (Estimated · #175/189)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 46.8 (Estimated · #93/189)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 63.4% | 87.8% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| GPQA-D | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 7.2% | 24% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 66% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 91.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 71.7 (#76/156)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 82.4 (#59/156)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3.6-27B | 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 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 65.9 (#8/12)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 93.8% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 90.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 94.1% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 35.088% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LFM3-1.7B or Qwen3.6-27B?

Qwen3.6-27B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between LFM3-1.7B and Qwen3.6-27B?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 13 for LFM3-1.7B and 35.1 for Qwen3.6-27B.

### How many benchmarks does LFM3-1.7B cover on BenchLM?

LFM3-1.7B currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-27B currently has 40 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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