Gemini 1.0 Pro vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

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

Gemini 1.0 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 46 to 30. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 1.0 Pro's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 68.1 against 32.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 73 to 27. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct does hit back in instruction following, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 1.0 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if instruction following is the priority.

Agentic

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Gemini 1.0 Pro

39.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

25.7

36
Terminal-Bench 2.0
22
51
BrowseComp
31
36
OSWorld-Verified
26

Coding

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Gemini 1.0 Pro

13.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

7.2

54
HumanEval
14
5
SWE-bench Verified
9
16
LiveCodeBench
8
12
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Gemini 1.0 Pro

68.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.4

73
MMMU-Pro
27
62
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Gemini 1.0 Pro

57.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.1

60
SimpleQA
24
58
MuSR
22
73
BBH
59
51
LongBench v2
34
54
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Gemini 1.0 Pro

42.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

26

62
MMLU
26
62
GPQA
25
60
SuperGPQA
23
58
OpenBookQA
21
54
MMLU-Pro
50
1
HLE
1
54
FrontierScience
30

Instruction Following

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

Gemini 1.0 Pro

77

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

80

77
IFEval
80

Multilingual

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Gemini 1.0 Pro

66.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

60.7

72
MGSM
62
64
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Gemini 1.0 Pro

65.9

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

37

62
AIME 2023
24
64
AIME 2024
26
63
AIME 2025
25
58
HMMT Feb 2023
20
60
HMMT Feb 2024
22
59
HMMT Feb 2025
21
61
BRUMO 2025
23
72
MATH-500
54

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 1.0 Pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Gemini 1.0 Pro is ahead overall, 46 to 30. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 73 and 27.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 1.0 Pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Gemini 1.0 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 42.8 versus 26. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 1.0 Pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Gemini 1.0 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 13.1 versus 7.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Gemini 1.0 Pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Gemini 1.0 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 65.9 versus 37. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemini 1.0 Pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Gemini 1.0 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 57.4 versus 32.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 1.0 Pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Gemini 1.0 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 39.8 versus 25.7. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemini 1.0 Pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Gemini 1.0 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 68.1 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Gemini 1.0 Pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 77. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemini 1.0 Pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Gemini 1.0 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 66.8 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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