Llama 4 Scout vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

Llama 4 Scout is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 42 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Llama 4 Scout's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 57.8 against 41.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 60 to 39. LFM2-24B-A2B does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

LFM2-24B-A2B is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.03 input / $0.12 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Llama 4 Scout. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Llama 4 Scout gives you the larger context window at 10M, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Llama 4 Scout if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2-24B-A2B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Agentic

Llama 4 Scout

Llama 4 Scout

40.6

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

39
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
48
BrowseComp
38
37
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

LFM2-24B-A2B

Llama 4 Scout

12.9

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

39
HumanEval
42
12
SWE-bench Verified
18
11
LiveCodeBench
17
15
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

Llama 4 Scout

Llama 4 Scout

57.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

60
MMMU-Pro
39
55
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Llama 4 Scout

Llama 4 Scout

55

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

45
SimpleQA
44
43
MuSR
42
60
BBH
63
64
LongBench v2
48
66
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

Tie

Llama 4 Scout

35.6

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

47
MMLU
46
46
GPQA
45
44
SuperGPQA
43
42
OpenBookQA
41
51
MMLU-Pro
51
2
HLE
4
44
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

Tie

Llama 4 Scout

68

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

68
IFEval
68

Multilingual

LFM2-24B-A2B

Llama 4 Scout

59.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

63
MGSM
64
58
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Llama 4 Scout

Llama 4 Scout

51

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

47
AIME 2023
46
49
AIME 2024
48
48
AIME 2025
47
43
HMMT Feb 2023
42
45
HMMT Feb 2024
44
44
HMMT Feb 2025
43
46
BRUMO 2025
45
57
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Llama 4 Scout or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Llama 4 Scout is ahead overall, 42 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 60 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Llama 4 Scout or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Llama 4 Scout and LFM2-24B-A2B are effectively tied for knowledge tasks here, both landing at 35.6 on average.

Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Scout or LFM2-24B-A2B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 18 versus 12.9. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Llama 4 Scout or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Llama 4 Scout has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 51 versus 50.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Llama 4 Scout or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Llama 4 Scout has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 55 versus 46.6. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Llama 4 Scout or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Llama 4 Scout has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 40.6 versus 33.4. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Llama 4 Scout or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Llama 4 Scout has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 57.8 versus 41.7. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Llama 4 Scout or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Llama 4 Scout and LFM2-24B-A2B are effectively tied for instruction following here, both landing at 68 on average.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Llama 4 Scout or LFM2-24B-A2B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.4 versus 59.8. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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