Grok Code Fast 1 vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

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

Grok Code Fast 1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 54 to 30. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok Code Fast 1's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 63.7 against 32.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 60 to 14. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct does hit back in instruction following, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Grok Code Fast 1 gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok Code Fast 1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if instruction following is the priority.

Agentic

Grok Code Fast 1

Grok Code Fast 1

55.7

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

25.7

59
Terminal-Bench 2.0
22
57
BrowseComp
31
51
OSWorld-Verified
26

Coding

Grok Code Fast 1

Grok Code Fast 1

32.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

7.2

60
HumanEval
14
31
SWE-bench Verified
9
24
LiveCodeBench
8
42
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

Grok Code Fast 1

Grok Code Fast 1

50.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.4

40
MMMU-Pro
27
63
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Grok Code Fast 1

Grok Code Fast 1

63.7

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.1

61
SimpleQA
24
59
MuSR
22
75
BBH
59
64
LongBench v2
34
66
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

Grok Code Fast 1

Grok Code Fast 1

48

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

26

64
MMLU
26
63
GPQA
25
61
SuperGPQA
23
59
OpenBookQA
21
65
MMLU-Pro
50
7
HLE
1
57
FrontierScience
30

Instruction Following

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

Grok Code Fast 1

79

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

80

79
IFEval
80

Multilingual

Grok Code Fast 1

Grok Code Fast 1

73.7

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

60.7

75
MGSM
62
73
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Grok Code Fast 1

Grok Code Fast 1

67.5

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

37

64
AIME 2023
24
66
AIME 2024
26
65
AIME 2025
25
60
HMMT Feb 2023
20
62
HMMT Feb 2024
22
61
HMMT Feb 2025
21
63
BRUMO 2025
23
73
MATH-500
54

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok Code Fast 1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Grok Code Fast 1 is ahead overall, 54 to 30. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 60 and 14.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Grok Code Fast 1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 48 versus 26. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Grok Code Fast 1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 32.8 versus 7.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Grok Code Fast 1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 67.5 versus 37. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Grok Code Fast 1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 63.7 versus 32.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Grok Code Fast 1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.7 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 Code Fast 1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 50.4 versus 32.4. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Grok Code Fast 1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 79. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Grok Code Fast 1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.7 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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