GPT-4o vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

GPT-4o is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 56 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4o's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 72.2 against 41.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 74 to 39.

GPT-4o is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.50 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.03 input / $0.12 output per 1M tokens for LFM2-24B-A2B. That is roughly 83.3x on output cost alone. GPT-4o gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4o if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2-24B-A2B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

51.2

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

49
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
59
BrowseComp
38
48
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

32.2

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

58
HumanEval
42
20
SWE-bench Verified
18
38
LiveCodeBench
17
29
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

72.2

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

74
MMMU-Pro
39
70
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

64.6

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

64
SimpleQA
44
62
MuSR
42
82
BBH
63
62
LongBench v2
48
63
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

47.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

66
MMLU
46
66
GPQA
45
64
SuperGPQA
43
62
OpenBookQA
41
64
MMLU-Pro
51
1
HLE
4
58
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

82

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

82
IFEval
68

Multilingual

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

75.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

82
MGSM
64
72
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

71.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

66
AIME 2023
46
68
AIME 2024
48
67
AIME 2025
47
62
HMMT Feb 2023
42
64
HMMT Feb 2024
44
63
HMMT Feb 2025
43
65
BRUMO 2025
45
80
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4o or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GPT-4o is ahead overall, 56 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 74 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4o or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GPT-4o has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 47.4 versus 35.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4o or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GPT-4o has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 32.2 versus 18. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-4o or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GPT-4o has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 50.4. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-4o or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GPT-4o has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 64.6 versus 46.6. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-4o or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GPT-4o has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 51.2 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, GPT-4o or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GPT-4o has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 72.2 versus 41.7. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-4o or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GPT-4o has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-4o or LFM2-24B-A2B?

GPT-4o has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.5 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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