Gemini 3 Flash vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

Gemini 3 Flash is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 62 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 3 Flash's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 79.6 against 41.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 80 to 39.

Gemini 3 Flash is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.50 input / $3.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.03 input / $0.12 output per 1M tokens for LFM2-24B-A2B. That is roughly 25.0x on output cost alone. Gemini 3 Flash gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3 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 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

57.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

56
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
66
BrowseComp
38
53
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

Gemini 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

40.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

62
HumanEval
42
44
SWE-bench Verified
18
36
LiveCodeBench
17
44
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

Gemini 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

79.6

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

80
MMMU-Pro
39
79
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Gemini 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

72

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

67
SimpleQA
44
65
MuSR
42
84
BBH
63
75
LongBench v2
48
76
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

Gemini 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

52.9

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

70
MMLU
46
69
GPQA
45
67
SuperGPQA
43
65
OpenBookQA
41
72
MMLU-Pro
51
6
HLE
4
65
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

Gemini 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

85

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

85
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Gemini 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

80.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

85
MGSM
64
78
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Gemini 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

74

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

70
AIME 2023
46
72
AIME 2024
48
71
AIME 2025
47
66
HMMT Feb 2023
42
68
HMMT Feb 2024
44
67
HMMT Feb 2025
43
69
BRUMO 2025
45
80
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 3 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 3 Flash is ahead overall, 62 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 80 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 3 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 3 Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 52.9 versus 35.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 3 Flash has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 40.4 versus 18. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Gemini 3 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 3 Flash has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74 versus 50.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemini 3 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 3 Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 72 versus 46.6. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 3 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 3 Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 57.5 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 3 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 3 Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 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 3 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 3 Flash has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 85 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemini 3 Flash or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemini 3 Flash has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.5 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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