What are the hardware requirements for LFM2 VL 450M 5bit?

LFM2 VL 450M 5bit requires approximately 0.4 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed LFM2 VL 450M 5bit and how large is it?

LFM2 VL 450M 5bit is developed by mlx-community, a model with 450m parameters. The model is published as open weights on Hugging Face and indexed on LLM Explorer with full benchmark history.

Where can I download or evaluate LFM2 VL 450M 5bit?

LFM2 VL 450M 5bit is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

LFM2 VL 450M 5bit by mlx-community — VRAM 0.4GB

Name: LFM2 VL 450M 5bit
Author: mlx-community

LFM2 VL 450M 5bit is an open-source language model by mlx-community. Features: 450m LLM, VRAM: 0.4GB, License: other, Quantized.

5-bit 5bit Conversational Custom code Edge En Endpoints compatible Image-text-to-text Lfm2 Lfm2-vl Liquid Mlx Quantized Region:us Safetensors

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-5bit

LFM2 VL 450M 5bit Parameters and Internals

LLM Name	LFM2 VL 450M 5bit
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-5bit
Model Size	450m
Required VRAM	0.4 GB
Updated	2026-08-08
Maintainer	mlx-community
Model Type	lfm2-vl
Model Files	0.4 GB
Supported Languages	en
Quantization Type	5bit
Model Architecture	Lfm2VlForConditionalGeneration
License	other
Transformers Version	4.55.0
Padding Token	<\|pad\|>

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Best Alternatives to LFM2 VL 450M 5bit

Best Alternatives	Context / RAM	Downloads	Likes
LFM2.5 VL 450M MLX 4bit	0K / 0.4 GB	315	9
LFM2.5 VL 450M MLX 5bit	0K / 0.4 GB	74	7
LFM2 VL 450M 4bit	0K / 0.4 GB	237	1
LFM2 VL 450M 8bit	0K / 0.6 GB	238	11
LFM2.5 VL 450M ONNX	0K / GB	1174	32
LFM2 VL 450M Bf16	0K / 0.9 GB	24	1

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