GLM-5 (Reasoning) vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 78 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GLM-5 (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 78.3 against 33.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is AIME 2023, 98 to 46.

GLM-5 (Reasoning) 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. GLM-5 (Reasoning) gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 (Reasoning) 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

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

78.3

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

81
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
80
BrowseComp
38
74
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

62.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

88
HumanEval
42
62
SWE-bench Verified
18
58
LiveCodeBench
17
67
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

78.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

74
MMMU-Pro
39
84
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

88.9

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

92
SimpleQA
44
90
MuSR
42
91
BBH
63
86
LongBench v2
48
87
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

72

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

96
MMLU
46
94
GPQA
45
92
SuperGPQA
43
90
OpenBookQA
41
81
MMLU-Pro
51
29
HLE
4
83
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

92

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

92
IFEval
68

Multilingual

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

86.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

89
MGSM
64
85
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

94.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

98
AIME 2023
46
99
AIME 2024
48
98
AIME 2025
47
94
HMMT Feb 2023
42
96
HMMT Feb 2024
44
95
HMMT Feb 2025
43
96
BRUMO 2025
45
92
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 78 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2023, where the scores are 98 and 46.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 72 versus 35.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 62.5 versus 18. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 94.4 versus 50.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 88.9 versus 46.6. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 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, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.5 versus 41.7. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 86.4 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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