LiquidAI: LFM2.5-24B-A2B vs Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview
A side-by-side comparison of LiquidAI: LFM2.5-24B-A2B ($0.18 / 1M tokens) and Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview ($0.70 / 1M tokens) using current USD prices and capabilities from the api14 catalog. Both run through the same OpenAI-compatible API.
Specifications
| LiquidAI: LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | LiquidAI | Ricursive |
| Input | $0.18 / 1M tokens | $0.70 / 1M tokens |
| Output | $2.45 / 1M tokens | $2.10 / 1M tokens |
| Cache read | $0.09 / 1M tokens | $0.18 / 1M tokens |
| Context window | 128,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max output | 8,192 | 131,072 |
| Input | text | text |
| Output | text | text |
| Tool calling | ||
| Structured output | ||
| Reasoning control | ||
| Added | Oct 13, 2026 | Nov 4, 2026 |
Key differences
- LiquidAI: LFM2.5-24B-A2B is 75% cheaper on input tokens.
- Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview is 14% cheaper on output tokens.
- Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview reads 8.2× more context (1,048,576 tokens).
- Only LiquidAI: LFM2.5-24B-A2B supports structured JSON output.
- Only LiquidAI: LFM2.5-24B-A2B supports reasoning effort control.
- A request with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens costs $0.00140 with LiquidAI: LFM2.5-24B-A2B and $0.00175 with Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview.
Switch with one string
Both models use the same endpoint and request shape. Change the model value from "liquid/lfm-2.5-24b-a2b" to "ricursiveai/ripple-65b-preview" and prompts, streaming and tools keep working.
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://api14.com/api/v1",
apiKey: process.env.API14_API_KEY,
});
const result = await client.chat.completions.create({
"model": "ricursiveai/ripple-65b-preview",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Explain vector databases in two sentences."
}
]
});
console.log(result.choices[0].message.content);
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