Gemini 2.5 Flash vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 49 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 2.5 Flash's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 67.7 against 41.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 69 to 39.

Gemini 2.5 Flash is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.03 input / $0.12 output per 1M tokens for LFM2-24B-A2B. That is roughly 5.0x on output cost alone. Gemini 2.5 Flash gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2-24B-A2B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash

46.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

44
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
58
BrowseComp
38
41
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash

21.7

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

42
HumanEval
42
23
SWE-bench Verified
18
18
LiveCodeBench
17
25
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash

67.7

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

69
MMMU-Pro
39
66
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash

59.2

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

48
SimpleQA
44
46
MuSR
42
75
BBH
63
68
LongBench v2
48
68
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash

40.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

50
MMLU
46
49
GPQA
45
47
SuperGPQA
43
45
OpenBookQA
41
64
MMLU-Pro
51
1
HLE
4
49
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash

79

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

79
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash

70.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

74
MGSM
64
69
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash

59.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

50
AIME 2023
46
52
AIME 2024
48
51
AIME 2025
47
46
HMMT Feb 2023
42
48
HMMT Feb 2024
44
47
HMMT Feb 2025
43
49
BRUMO 2025
45
72
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash is ahead overall, 49 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 69 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 2.5 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 40.5 versus 35.6. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 2.5 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 21.7 versus 18. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Gemini 2.5 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 59.4 versus 50.4. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemini 2.5 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 59.2 versus 46.6. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 2.5 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 46.5 versus 33.4. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemini 2.5 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 67.7 versus 41.7. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Gemini 2.5 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemini 2.5 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.8 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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