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Run LFM3-1.7B on Lium
Liquid AI · Text generation · 1.7B parameters · 3.5 GB BF16 weights · released 2026-10-23
It needs about 5 GB of VRAM. The cheapest setup that runs it is RTX A4500 (20 GB), from $0.16 per hour, billed per second.
Other GPUs that run it
How to run it
Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve LiquidAI/LFM3-1.7B:
vllm serve LiquidAI/LFM3-1.7BClaude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does LFM3-1.7B need?
About 3.5 GB for the released BF16 weights, so plan on 5 GB with room for activations and KV cache at a short context. Longer contexts and bigger batches need more.
What GPU should I rent to run LFM3-1.7B?
RTX A4500 (20 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $0.16 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.
For AI agents (CLI install, agent skill, headless signup): llms-full.txt