DeepSeek V3.2 vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

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

DeepSeek V3.2 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 64 to 30. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeek V3.2's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 82.1 against 37. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 76 to 14.

DeepSeek V3.2 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V3.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

58.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

25.7

60
Terminal-Bench 2.0
22
62
BrowseComp
31
55
OSWorld-Verified
26

Coding

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

43.2

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

7.2

76
HumanEval
14
45
SWE-bench Verified
9
39
LiveCodeBench
8
47
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

66

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.4

61
MMMU-Pro
27
72
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

75.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.1

81
SimpleQA
24
79
MuSR
22
81
BBH
59
69
LongBench v2
34
70
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

60

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

26

84
MMLU
26
83
GPQA
25
81
SuperGPQA
23
79
OpenBookQA
21
73
MMLU-Pro
50
11
HLE
1
72
FrontierScience
30

Instruction Following

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

85

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

80

85
IFEval
80

Multilingual

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

82.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

60.7

84
MGSM
62
81
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

82.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

37

84
AIME 2023
24
86
AIME 2024
26
85
AIME 2025
25
80
HMMT Feb 2023
20
82
HMMT Feb 2024
22
81
HMMT Feb 2025
21
83
BRUMO 2025
23
81
MATH-500
54

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3.2 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

DeepSeek V3.2 is ahead overall, 64 to 30. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 76 and 14.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3.2 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60 versus 26. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3.2 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 43.2 versus 7.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3.2 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 82.1 versus 37. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3.2 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 75.3 versus 32.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, DeepSeek V3.2 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 58.8 versus 25.7. 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, DeepSeek V3.2 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 66 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, DeepSeek V3.2 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 85 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, DeepSeek V3.2 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.1 versus 60.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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