Claude 4.1 Opus vs LFM2-24B-A2B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Claude 4.1 Opus is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 64 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude 4.1 Opus's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 80.7 against 41.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 82 to 39.

Claude 4.1 Opus gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Claude 4.1 Opus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2-24B-A2B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

58.7

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

58
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
62
BrowseComp
38
57
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

44

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

68
HumanEval
42
48
SWE-bench Verified
18
40
LiveCodeBench
17
47
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

80.7

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

82
MMMU-Pro
39
79
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

72.9

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

74
SimpleQA
44
72
MuSR
42
81
BBH
63
71
LongBench v2
48
71
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

57.6

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

76
MMLU
46
76
GPQA
45
74
SuperGPQA
43
72
OpenBookQA
41
75
MMLU-Pro
51
11
HLE
4
68
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

83

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

83
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

81.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

85
MGSM
64
80
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

77.7

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

76
AIME 2023
46
78
AIME 2024
48
77
AIME 2025
47
72
HMMT Feb 2023
42
74
HMMT Feb 2024
44
73
HMMT Feb 2025
43
75
BRUMO 2025
45
81
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude 4.1 Opus or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Claude 4.1 Opus is ahead overall, 64 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 82 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude 4.1 Opus or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Claude 4.1 Opus has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 57.6 versus 35.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Claude 4.1 Opus or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Claude 4.1 Opus has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44 versus 18. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Claude 4.1 Opus or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Claude 4.1 Opus has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 77.7 versus 50.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude 4.1 Opus or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Claude 4.1 Opus has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 72.9 versus 46.6. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Claude 4.1 Opus or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Claude 4.1 Opus has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 58.7 versus 33.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Claude 4.1 Opus or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Claude 4.1 Opus has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.7 versus 41.7. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Claude 4.1 Opus or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Claude 4.1 Opus has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 83 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Claude 4.1 Opus or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Claude 4.1 Opus has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.8 versus 61.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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