GLM-5 vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

GLM-5 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 65 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GLM-5's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 84.8 against 50.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 88 to 46.

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

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2-24B-A2B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

GLM-5

GLM-5

62.3

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

63
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
67
BrowseComp
38
58
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

GLM-5

GLM-5

41.1

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

80
HumanEval
42
46
SWE-bench Verified
18
35
LiveCodeBench
17
46
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

GLM-5

GLM-5

69.2

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

66
MMMU-Pro
39
73
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

GLM-5

GLM-5

79.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

84
SimpleQA
44
82
MuSR
42
83
BBH
63
77
LongBench v2
48
73
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

GLM-5

GLM-5

62.1

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

88
MMLU
46
86
GPQA
45
84
SuperGPQA
43
82
OpenBookQA
41
74
MMLU-Pro
51
13
HLE
4
74
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

GLM-5

GLM-5

85

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

85
IFEval
68

Multilingual

GLM-5

GLM-5

82.1

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

84
MGSM
64
81
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

GLM-5

GLM-5

84.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

88
AIME 2023
46
90
AIME 2024
48
89
AIME 2025
47
84
HMMT Feb 2023
42
86
HMMT Feb 2024
44
85
HMMT Feb 2025
43
87
BRUMO 2025
45
82
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

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

GLM-5 is ahead overall, 65 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 88 and 46.

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

GLM-5 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 62.1 versus 35.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

GLM-5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.1 versus 18. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

GLM-5 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 84.8 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 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 79.4 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 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 62.3 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 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.2 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 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 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, GLM-5 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GLM-5 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.1 versus 61.4. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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