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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs LFM2.5-8B-A1B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 6 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

42.42/100
Margin
1.2pts
← winning
41.25/100
0 category wins0 category wins

BenchAlign evidence: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B estimated; LFM2.5-8B-A1B estimated. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and LFM2.5-8B-A1B share 6 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B; 12 to LFM2.5-8B-A1B.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
6
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B only
0
LFM2.5-8B-A1B only
12
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and LFM2.5-8B-A1B is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 6 shared benchmark results across 4 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and LFM2.5-8B-A1B
CategoryDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BΔLFM2.5-8B-A1B
MathDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BNot measuredMarginNo overlapLFM2.5-8B-A1B50.0
Inst. FollowingDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BNot measuredMarginNo overlapLFM2.5-8B-A1B68.8

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BLFM2.5-8B-A1BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B$0 input / $0 outputLFM2.5-8B-A1B$0 input / $0 outputListed prices are equal.
Generation speedtokens per secondDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B60 tok/sLFM2.5-8B-A1BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B0.84 sLFM2.5-8B-A1BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B128KLFM2.5-8B-A1B128KListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BLFM2.5-8B-A1BResult
BFCL v4Source 49.7%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 16.1%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BLFM2.5-8B-A1BResult
AA-SciCodeSource 37.6%7.8%DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B leads
Terminal-Bench HardSource 4.5%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BLFM2.5-8B-A1BResult
AA-LCRSource 9.7%0.0%DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B leads
CritPtSource 0.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BLFM2.5-8B-A1BResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 11.0%8.3%DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 61.5%51.3%DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B leads
AA-HLESource 5.5%6.9%LFM2.5-8B-A1B leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -33.3%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 9.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 47.0%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BLFM2.5-8B-A1BResult
MATH-500Source 88.8%Not comparable
AIME 2025Source 42.5%Not comparable
AIME26Source 50.0%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BLFM2.5-8B-A1BResult
AA-IFBenchSource 22.9%55.6%LFM2.5-8B-A1B leads
IFEvalSource 91.8%Not comparable
IFBenchSource 56.5%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and LFM2.5-8B-A1B on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and LFM2.5-8B-A1B today?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens LFM2.5-8B-A1B: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 16, 2026

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