Compared on repository metadata · updated 2 November 2026

laya-vision-smolvlm-256m vs LFM2.5-350M-RLCD

Both are decision models. What separates them is licence, architecture, size and whether anyone has checked the numbers. Only one of those is a matter of opinion.

Side by side

Rows marked with a dot are where the two genuinely differ. Everything here comes from each repository’s own metadata, read on 2 November 2026.

Dimensionlaya-vision-smolvlm-256mLFM2.5-350M-RLCD
Published bythaiteanotnotsamuel
WeightsOpenOpen
Licencecc-by-nc-sa-4.0other
Base modelHuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM-256M-InstructNot disclosed
ArchitectureDecoderDecoder
Parameters237M354M
Local formatsOriginal weights onlyOriginal weights only
Measured by usNoNo
Attention50 likes295 downloads, 25 likes

What actually separates them

  1. Neither has been measured by anyone independent

    Both are days old and every figure in circulation about either was published by the people who trained it. The table above is what can be checked from repository metadata. Everything else about these two is currently unknown.

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