Granite-4.0-H-1B 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

Granite-4.0-H-1B· LFM2.5-350M

Quick Verdict

Pick Granite-4.0-H-1B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-350M only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Granite-4.0-H-1B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 43 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Granite-4.0-H-1B's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 32.6 against 23.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU-Pro, 34.0% to 20.0%.

Granite-4.0-H-1B gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-350M.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderIBMLiquidAI
PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/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.

BenchmarkGranite-4.0-H-1BLFM2.5-350M
Agentic
Coming soon
Coding
HumanEval74%
Multimodal & Grounded
Coming soon
Reasoning
BBH60.4%
KnowledgeGranite-4.0-H-1B wins
MMLU59.4%
GPQA29.9%30.6%
MMLU-Pro34.0%20.0%
Instruction FollowingGranite-4.0-H-1B wins
IFEval77.4%77.0%
Multilingual
MGSM37.8%
Mathematics
Coming soon
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, Granite-4.0-H-1B or LFM2.5-350M?

Granite-4.0-H-1B is ahead overall, 43 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU-Pro, where the scores are 34.0% and 20.0%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Granite-4.0-H-1B or LFM2.5-350M?

Granite-4.0-H-1B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 32.6 versus 23.8. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Granite-4.0-H-1B or LFM2.5-350M?

Granite-4.0-H-1B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 77.4 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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