DeepSeekMath V2 vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

DeepSeekMath V2 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 66 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeekMath V2's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 84 against 50.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 65 to 30.

DeepSeekMath V2 is the reasoning model in the pair, while LFM2-24B-A2B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. DeepSeekMath V2 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeekMath V2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2-24B-A2B only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

63.9

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

65
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
66
BrowseComp
38
61
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

47.3

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

72
HumanEval
42
45
SWE-bench Verified
18
44
LiveCodeBench
17
51
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

68.1

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

64
MMMU-Pro
39
73
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

75.9

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

77
SimpleQA
44
75
MuSR
42
86
BBH
63
75
LongBench v2
48
72
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

61

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

80
MMLU
46
79
GPQA
45
77
SuperGPQA
43
75
OpenBookQA
41
74
MMLU-Pro
51
18
HLE
4
73
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

83

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

83
IFEval
68

Multilingual

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

82.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

87
MGSM
64
80
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

84

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

80
AIME 2023
46
82
AIME 2024
48
81
AIME 2025
47
76
HMMT Feb 2023
42
78
HMMT Feb 2024
44
77
HMMT Feb 2025
43
79
BRUMO 2025
45
90
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeekMath V2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

DeepSeekMath V2 is ahead overall, 66 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 65 and 30.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeekMath V2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 61 versus 35.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeekMath V2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 47.3 versus 18. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeekMath V2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 84 versus 50.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeekMath V2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 75.9 versus 46.6. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, DeepSeekMath V2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.9 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, DeepSeekMath V2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 68.1 versus 41.7. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, DeepSeekMath V2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

DeepSeekMath V2 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, DeepSeekMath V2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 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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