LFM2-24B-A2B vs DBRX Instruct

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

LFM2-24B-A2B finishes one point ahead overall, 38 to 37. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.

LFM2-24B-A2B's sharpest advantage is in multilingual, where it averages 61.4 against 46. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 19 to 48. DBRX Instruct does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

LFM2-24B-A2B is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.03 input / $0.12 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for DBRX Instruct. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone.

Quick Verdict

Pick LFM2-24B-A2B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DBRX Instruct only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

DBRX Instruct

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

DBRX Instruct

34.3

30
Terminal-Bench 2.0
41
38
BrowseComp
31
34
OSWorld-Verified
29

Coding

DBRX Instruct

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

DBRX Instruct

48

42
HumanEval
70.1
18
SWE-bench Verified
Coming soon
17
LiveCodeBench
Coming soon
19
SWE-bench Pro
48

Multimodal & Grounded

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

DBRX Instruct

35.6

39
MMMU-Pro
36
45
OfficeQA Pro
35

Reasoning

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

DBRX Instruct

36.4

44
SimpleQA
Coming soon
42
MuSR
Coming soon
63
BBH
Coming soon
48
LongBench v2
36
45
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

DBRX Instruct

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

DBRX Instruct

52

46
MMLU
73.7
45
GPQA
Coming soon
43
SuperGPQA
Coming soon
41
OpenBookQA
Coming soon
51
MMLU-Pro
Coming soon
4
HLE
Coming soon
43
FrontierScience
52

Instruction Following

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

68
IFEval
Coming soon

Multilingual

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

DBRX Instruct

46

64
MGSM
Coming soon
60
MMLU-ProX
46

Mathematics

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

46
AIME 2023
Coming soon
48
AIME 2024
Coming soon
47
AIME 2025
Coming soon
42
HMMT Feb 2023
Coming soon
44
HMMT Feb 2024
Coming soon
43
HMMT Feb 2025
Coming soon
45
BRUMO 2025
Coming soon
57
MATH-500
Coming soon

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, LFM2-24B-A2B or DBRX Instruct?

LFM2-24B-A2B is ahead overall, 38 to 37. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 19 and 48.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or DBRX Instruct?

DBRX Instruct has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 52 versus 35.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, LFM2-24B-A2B or DBRX Instruct?

DBRX Instruct has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 48 versus 18. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, LFM2-24B-A2B or DBRX Instruct?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 46.6 versus 36.4. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or DBRX Instruct?

DBRX Instruct has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 34.3 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, LFM2-24B-A2B or DBRX Instruct?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 41.7 versus 35.6. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or DBRX Instruct?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.4 versus 46. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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