Data points: 61
Model compare
The readout for LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct and Nemotron Nano 9B V2, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct
LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 66.7 to 33.3.
Evidence depth
61 data points
Includes 0 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct
The charts below split 7 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct and Nemotron Nano 9B V2: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct | Nemotron Nano 9B V2 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 66.7 pts | 33.3 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 0 categories | 0 categories |
| Operational advantages | Free providers, Provider coverage | Cheapest input price |
| Context window | 32.8K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Max output | No data | No data |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct | Nemotron Nano 9B V2 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | LiquidAI | NVIDIA |
| Released | Jan 2026 | Sep 2025 |
| Parameters | 1.2B | 9B |
| Tokenizer | Other | Other |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | 2025-03-31 |
| OpenRouter ID | liquid/lfm-2.5-1.2b-instruct | nvidia/nemotron-nano-9b-v2 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct and Nemotron Nano 9B V2: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct
LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct has these operational advantages: Free providers, Provider coverage.
Nemotron Nano 9B V2
Nemotron Nano 9B V2 has these operational advantages: Cheapest input price.
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
No shared professional benchmark scores are available yet.
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct | Nemotron Nano 9B V2 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct | Nemotron Nano 9B V2 |
|---|---|---|
0 tests | LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Nemotron Nano 9B V2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Nemotron Nano 9B V2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Nemotron Nano 9B V2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct lfm-2.5-1.2b-instruct speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $0/M/$0/M | Nemotron Nano 9B V2 nemotron-nano-9b-v2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $0/M |
0 tests | LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Nemotron Nano 9B V2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct liquid/lfm-2.5-1.2b-instruct:free speed / latency No data input / output $0.010/request | Nemotron Nano 9B V2 nvidia/nemotron-nano-9b-v2:free speed / latency No data input / output $0.010/request | |
LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct lfm-2.5-1.2b-instruct speed / latency No data input / output $0.100/request | Nemotron Nano 9B V2 nemotron-nano-9b-v2 speed / latency No data input / output $0.100/request |
Weighted outcome: LFM 2.5 1.2B Instruct. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputText outputStructured outputs | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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