# LFM3-VL-2B vs ZAYA1-VL-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM3-VL-2B and ZAYA1-VL-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm3-vl-2b-vs-zaya1-vl-8b
- Last updated: October 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick LFM3-VL-2B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. ZAYA1-VL-8B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- LFM3-VL-2B leads overall 39 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is RealWorldQA in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 79.3% and 65.0%.
- ZAYA1-VL-8B also has the larger context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM3-VL-2B | ZAYA1-VL-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 20 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM3-VL-2B public-lane score: 19.6 (Unranked · 19 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-VL-2B | ZAYA1-VL-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| RealWorldQA | 79.3% | 65.0% | LFM3-VL-2B |
| SimpleVQA | 36.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CountBench | 93.0% | 88.1% | LFM3-VL-2B |
| MMMU | 55.7% | 46.0% | LFM3-VL-2B |
| MMMU-Pro | 45.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | 63.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | 90.5% | 84.3% | LFM3-VL-2B |
| V* | 86.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 70.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 51.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| We-Math | 68.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 48.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 55.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 41.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | 71.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 52.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 69.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 49.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LFM3-VL-2B or ZAYA1-VL-8B?

LFM3-VL-2B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does LFM3-VL-2B cover on BenchLM?

LFM3-VL-2B currently has 20 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.

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