GLM-4.5 vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

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

GLM-4.5 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 36 to 30. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GLM-4.5's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 43.8 against 32.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 29 to 14. 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.

GLM-4.5 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-4.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if instruction following is the priority.

Agentic

GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5

31.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

25.7

28
Terminal-Bench 2.0
22
37
BrowseComp
31
31
OSWorld-Verified
26

Coding

GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5

14.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

7.2

29
HumanEval
14
18
SWE-bench Verified
9
13
LiveCodeBench
8
15
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5

41

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.4

36
MMMU-Pro
27
47
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5

43.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.1

35
SimpleQA
24
33
MuSR
22
61
BBH
59
48
LongBench v2
34
52
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5

32

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

26

37
MMLU
26
36
GPQA
25
34
SuperGPQA
23
32
OpenBookQA
21
51
MMLU-Pro
50
3
HLE
1
40
FrontierScience
30

Instruction Following

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

GLM-4.5

68

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

80

68
IFEval
80

Multilingual

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

GLM-4.5

58.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

60.7

60
MGSM
62
57
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5

45.5

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

37

37
AIME 2023
24
39
AIME 2024
26
38
AIME 2025
25
33
HMMT Feb 2023
20
35
HMMT Feb 2024
22
34
HMMT Feb 2025
21
36
BRUMO 2025
23
57
MATH-500
54

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GLM-4.5 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GLM-4.5 is ahead overall, 36 to 30. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 29 and 14.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GLM-4.5 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GLM-4.5 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 32 versus 26. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GLM-4.5 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GLM-4.5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 14.4 versus 7.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GLM-4.5 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GLM-4.5 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 45.5 versus 37. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GLM-4.5 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GLM-4.5 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 43.8 versus 32.1. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GLM-4.5 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GLM-4.5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 31.3 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, GLM-4.5 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GLM-4.5 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 41 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GLM-4.5 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GLM-4.5 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.7 versus 58.1. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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