Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Hy3 Preview
62
LFM2.5-VL-450M
0
Pick Hy3 Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-VL-450M only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.
Knowledge
+25.1 difference
Inst. Following
+1.9 difference
Hy3 Preview
LFM2.5-VL-450M
$0 / $0
$0 / $0
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256K
128K
Pick Hy3 Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-VL-450M only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.
Hy3 Preview is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 62 to 0. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Hy3 Preview's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 46.7 against 21.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 87.2% to 25.7%.
Hy3 Preview is the reasoning model in the pair, while LFM2.5-VL-450M 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. Hy3 Preview gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for LFM2.5-VL-450M.
Hy3 Preview is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 62 to 0. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 87.2% and 25.7%.
Hy3 Preview has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 46.7 versus 21.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Hy3 Preview has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 63.1 versus 61.2. LFM2.5-VL-450M stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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