GPT-4o vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

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

GPT-4o is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 56 to 30. 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 32.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 74 to 27.

GPT-4o is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.50 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-4o gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4o if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

51.2

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

25.7

49
Terminal-Bench 2.0
22
59
BrowseComp
31
48
OSWorld-Verified
26

Coding

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

32.2

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

7.2

58
HumanEval
14
20
SWE-bench Verified
9
38
LiveCodeBench
8
29
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

72.2

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.4

74
MMMU-Pro
27
70
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

64.6

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.1

64
SimpleQA
24
62
MuSR
22
82
BBH
59
62
LongBench v2
34
63
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

47.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

26

66
MMLU
26
66
GPQA
25
64
SuperGPQA
23
62
OpenBookQA
21
64
MMLU-Pro
50
1
HLE
1
58
FrontierScience
30

Instruction Following

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

82

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

80

82
IFEval
80

Multilingual

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

75.5

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

60.7

82
MGSM
62
72
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

GPT-4o

GPT-4o

71.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

37

66
AIME 2023
24
68
AIME 2024
26
67
AIME 2025
25
62
HMMT Feb 2023
20
64
HMMT Feb 2024
22
63
HMMT Feb 2025
21
65
BRUMO 2025
23
80
MATH-500
54

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4o or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GPT-4o is ahead overall, 56 to 30. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 74 and 27.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4o or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GPT-4o has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 47.4 versus 26. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4o or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GPT-4o has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 32.2 versus 7.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-4o or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GPT-4o has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 37. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-4o or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GPT-4o has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 64.6 versus 32.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-4o or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GPT-4o has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 51.2 versus 25.7. 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 LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GPT-4o has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 72.2 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-4o or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GPT-4o has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-4o or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

GPT-4o has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.5 versus 60.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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