GPT-5 (high) vs LFM2.5-350M

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

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

GPT-5 (high)· LFM2.5-350M

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5 (high) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-350M only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

GPT-5 (high) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 82 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5 (high)'s sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 72.6 against 23.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU-Pro, 83% to 20.0%.

GPT-5 (high) is the reasoning model in the pair, while LFM2.5-350M 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. GPT-5 (high) gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-350M.

Operational tradeoffs

PricePricing unavailableFree*
Speed83 t/sN/A
TTFT36.28sN/A
Context128K32K

Decision framing

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGPT-5 (high)LFM2.5-350M
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.078%
BrowseComp75%
OSWorld-Verified72%
Coding
HumanEval85%
SWE-bench Verified67%
LiveCodeBench62%
SWE-bench Pro70%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro93%
OfficeQA Pro85%
Reasoning
MuSR87%
BBH94%
LongBench v283%
MRCRv280%
KnowledgeGPT-5 (high) wins
MMLU93%
GPQA91%30.6%
SuperGPQA89%
MMLU-Pro83%20.0%
HLE27%
FrontierScience83%
SimpleQA89%
Instruction FollowingGPT-5 (high) wins
IFEval91%77.0%
Multilingual
MGSM89%
MMLU-ProX85%
Mathematics
AIME 202395%
AIME 202497%
AIME 202596%
HMMT Feb 202391%
HMMT Feb 202493%
HMMT Feb 202592%
BRUMO 202594%
MATH-50094%
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, GPT-5 (high) or LFM2.5-350M?

GPT-5 (high) is ahead overall, 82 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU-Pro, where the scores are 83% and 20.0%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5 (high) or LFM2.5-350M?

GPT-5 (high) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 72.6 versus 23.8. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5 (high) or LFM2.5-350M?

GPT-5 (high) has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 91 versus 77. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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