LFM2-24B-A2B vs DeepSeek V3.1

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

LFM2-24B-A2B has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 38 versus 35. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

LFM2-24B-A2B's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 50.4 against 44.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 42 to 25.

DeepSeek V3.1 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick LFM2-24B-A2B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3.1 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 128K context window.

Agentic

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

DeepSeek V3.1

32.9

30
Terminal-Bench 2.0
29
38
BrowseComp
39
34
OSWorld-Verified
33

Coding

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

DeepSeek V3.1

14.8

42
HumanEval
25
18
SWE-bench Verified
13
17
LiveCodeBench
15
19
SWE-bench Pro
15

Multimodal & Grounded

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

DeepSeek V3.1

39.5

39
MMMU-Pro
35
45
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

DeepSeek V3.1

40.7

44
SimpleQA
31
42
MuSR
29
63
BBH
61
48
LongBench v2
46
45
MRCRv2
48

Knowledge

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

DeepSeek V3.1

30.5

46
MMLU
33
45
GPQA
32
43
SuperGPQA
30
41
OpenBookQA
28
51
MMLU-Pro
53
4
HLE
2
43
FrontierScience
37

Instruction Following

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

DeepSeek V3.1

67

68
IFEval
67

Multilingual

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

DeepSeek V3.1

60.8

64
MGSM
64
60
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

DeepSeek V3.1

44.2

46
AIME 2023
33
48
AIME 2024
35
47
AIME 2025
34
42
HMMT Feb 2023
29
44
HMMT Feb 2024
31
43
HMMT Feb 2025
30
45
BRUMO 2025
32
57
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, LFM2-24B-A2B or DeepSeek V3.1?

LFM2-24B-A2B is ahead overall, 38 to 35. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 42 and 25.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or DeepSeek V3.1?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 35.6 versus 30.5. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, LFM2-24B-A2B or DeepSeek V3.1?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 18 versus 14.8. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, LFM2-24B-A2B or DeepSeek V3.1?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 50.4 versus 44.2. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, LFM2-24B-A2B or DeepSeek V3.1?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 46.6 versus 40.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or DeepSeek V3.1?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 33.4 versus 32.9. 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 DeepSeek V3.1?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 41.7 versus 39.5. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, LFM2-24B-A2B or DeepSeek V3.1?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 68 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or DeepSeek V3.1?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.4 versus 60.8. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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