Grok 4 vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

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

Grok 4 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 66 to 30. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok 4's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 85.1 against 37. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 79 to 14.

Grok 4 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Grok 4

Grok 4

58.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

25.7

57
Terminal-Bench 2.0
22
63
BrowseComp
31
56
OSWorld-Verified
26

Coding

Grok 4

Grok 4

43.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

7.2

79
HumanEval
14
48
SWE-bench Verified
9
37
LiveCodeBench
8
48
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

Grok 4

Grok 4

78.2

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.4

80
MMMU-Pro
27
76
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Grok 4

Grok 4

77.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.1

83
SimpleQA
24
81
MuSR
22
83
BBH
59
72
LongBench v2
34
71
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

Grok 4

Grok 4

63.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

26

87
MMLU
26
86
GPQA
25
84
SuperGPQA
23
82
OpenBookQA
21
77
MMLU-Pro
50
16
HLE
1
75
FrontierScience
30

Instruction Following

Grok 4

Grok 4

82

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

80

82
IFEval
80

Multilingual

Grok 4

Grok 4

80.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

60.7

84
MGSM
62
79
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Grok 4

Grok 4

85.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

37

87
AIME 2023
24
89
AIME 2024
26
88
AIME 2025
25
84
HMMT Feb 2023
20
86
HMMT Feb 2024
22
85
HMMT Feb 2025
21
87
BRUMO 2025
23
83
MATH-500
54

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Grok 4 is ahead overall, 66 to 30. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 79 and 14.

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

Grok 4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.8 versus 26. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 43.1 versus 7.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 85.1 versus 37. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 77.4 versus 32.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 58.1 versus 25.7. 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, Grok 4 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Grok 4 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.2 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4 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, Grok 4 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Grok 4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.8 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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