Model reference · open weights
LFM3-Omni is an open-weight language model from LiquidAI. LFM3-Omni-2B-GGUF (GGUF) weighs 1.1 GB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 3060 12 GB.
For self-hosting, compare this build's requirements below with the GPU you plan to rent.
Summary of the LiquidAI/LFM3-Omni-2B-GGUF model card, 2026-10-29
What it is
| Released by | LiquidAI |
|---|---|
| Released | 2026-10-27 |
| VRAM | 1.1 GB for the weights |
What it runs on
How much memory each request adds isn't estimated yet for this architecture. The weights need at least the cards below, plus room for the context.
| Card | Weights alone |
|---|---|
| RTX 3060 12 GB | fits |
| RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | fits |
| RTX 3090 24 GB | fits |
| RTX 4090 24 GB | fits |
| RTX 5090 32 GB | fits |
| L40S 48 GB | fits |
| A100 80 GB | fits |
| H100 80 GB | fits |
| RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB | fits |
| DGX Spark (GB10) 128 GB unified | fits |
| H200 141 GB | fits |
| B200 180 GB | fits |
Builds
| Build | Params | Precision | Weights | Smallest setup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LFM3-Omni-2B-GGUF (above) ↗ 5 builds: Q4_0 1.0 GB … F16 3.5 GB |
GGUF | 1.1 GB | RTX 3060 12 GB | |
| LFM3-Omni-2B-MLX-8bit ↗ | 2.2B | MLX | 2.7 GB | RTX 3060 12 GB |
| LFM3-Omni-2B ↗ | 2.2B | BF16 | 4.3 GB | RTX 3060 12 GB |
From the model card
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GGUF version of LFM3-Omni-2B for local inference on CPUs and GPUs.
LFM3-Omni-2B is an omni-modal model that understands text, images, video and audio, and answers in text and speech. It is built for on-device use.
Find architecture and usage details in the original model card.
Recommended sampling: greedy decoding (temperature 0) for text output. For speech output, audio temperature 0.4 and audio repetition penalty 1.2.
ollama run lfm3-omni), for macOS: image and audio input. Requires Ollama version v0.40.12 or newer.[!NOTE] Supported in llama.cpp b11960 (v0.8.0) and newer, including real-time voice conversations (with tool calls) on the
/v1/realtimeWebSocket API ofllama serve.
Add a quantization tag to pick a file. With -hf, llama.cpp also downloads the vision and audio projector.
LFM3-Omni-2B is a non-reasoning model: with llama serve, use --reasoning off. Start a web chat UI and an OpenAI-compatible API at http://localhost:8080:
llama serve -hf LiquidAI/LFM3-Omni-2B-GGUF:Q4_K_M --reasoning off --temp 0 --port 8080
To ask one question from the command line, use llama cli.
Speech recognition: use the system prompt Perform ASR in .
llama cli -hf LiquidAI/LFM3-Omni-2B-GGUF:Q4_K_M \
--audio speech.wav -sys "Perform ASR in English." -p "" --temp 0
Image understanding:
llama cli -hf LiquidAI/LFM3-Omni-2B-GGUF:Q4_K_M \
--image photo.png -p "Describe this image." --temp 0
Video understanding: the model sees the frames and hears the soundtrack of the video, use the system prompt Answer questions about the video using what you see and hear. Video input needs ffmpeg in PATH.
curl -sL -o reading.mp4 https://huggingface.co/datasets/raushan-testing-hf/videos-test/resolve/4cba700bd771f44d72b549253da025c32e944d42/sample_demo_1.mp4 # a child reading a book
llama cli -hf LiquidAI/LFM3-Omni-2B-GGUF:Q4_K_M \
--video reading.mp4 -sys "Answer questions about the video using what you see and hear." \
-p "What happens here, and what can you hear?" --temp 0
Speech synthesis: --tts-lang takes a language code (default en) and --tts-voice is female (default) or male. The audio sampling parameters of the original model card are stored in the GGUF.
llama-tts -m LFM3-Omni-2B-Q4_K_M.gguf -mm mmproj-LFM3-Omni-2B-Q8_0.gguf \
-p "Hello world" -o out.wav
More options in the llama.cpp guide.
Quoted from the model card on Hugging Face. The full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.
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