SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1 measured on 4 of 203 Multimodal benchmarks4
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78.9MIEB lite
Dec 2025released
33K tokensMax input
en, es, fr +3Languages
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38DNA VL STEER 2B79.139SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.178.940Colpali v1.278.4Strong at
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterJina Embeddings v4unstatedOpen+10%—$0.05Languages: not verified+1DOpenArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstated+14%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +2+1
BetterNemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+13%——Languages: not verified+1DBetterArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen+13%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +2+1vBetterVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+13%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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Jina Embeddings v4unstatedOpen+10%—$0.05Languages: not verified+1DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+14%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +2+1Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+13%——Languages: not verified+1DArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen+13%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +2+1vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+13%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+14%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +2+1Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+13%——Languages: not verified+1DArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen+13%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +2+1vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+13%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 5 GBvVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+13%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 2.7 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
VSauerkrautLM ColQwen3 8B v0.1Open+11%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 4.9 GBVSauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1Open+11%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 2.7 GBVSauerkrautLM ColQwen3 2B v0.1Open+10%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 1.3 GBVSauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1Open+7%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 1.1 GBVSauerkrautLM ColMinistral3 3B v0.1Open-5%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 2.6 GBAll VAGOsolutions models →Run it yourself
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Licencehttps://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2-VL-450M/blob/main/LICENSEcommercial use with conditions
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How much does SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1 cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1 free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1, and what is it best at?›
#39 of 89 in Multimodal.
Is SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1 better than DNA VL STEER 2B?›
On MIEB lite · Document Understanding · English, SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1 scores 78.9 vs 79.1 — about the same.
When was SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-12-20. It is the current version in its line.
Is SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2-VL-450M/blob/main/LICENSE licence).
Can I run SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1?›
SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from VAGOsolutions, released Dec 2025.
What are the best alternatives to SauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1?›
Jina Embeddings v4 (better), Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v0 (open weights).