LFM2-24B-A2B vs Ministral 3 3B

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

LFM2-24B-A2B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 38 to 27. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

LFM2-24B-A2B's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 46.6 against 30.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 42 to 15.

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 Ministral 3 3B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Ministral 3 3B gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick LFM2-24B-A2B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 3B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you need the larger 128K context window.

Agentic

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

Ministral 3 3B

22.9

30
Terminal-Bench 2.0
19
38
BrowseComp
33
34
OSWorld-Verified
20

Coding

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

Ministral 3 3B

6.2

42
HumanEval
15
18
SWE-bench Verified
8
17
LiveCodeBench
7
19
SWE-bench Pro
5

Multimodal & Grounded

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

Ministral 3 3B

30.4

39
MMMU-Pro
25
45
OfficeQA Pro
37

Reasoning

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

Ministral 3 3B

30.1

44
SimpleQA
22
42
MuSR
20
63
BBH
57
48
LongBench v2
32
45
MRCRv2
35

Knowledge

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

Ministral 3 3B

24.5

46
MMLU
24
45
GPQA
23
43
SuperGPQA
21
41
OpenBookQA
19
51
MMLU-Pro
48
4
HLE
1
43
FrontierScience
28

Instruction Following

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

Ministral 3 3B

67

68
IFEval
67

Multilingual

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

Ministral 3 3B

59.7

64
MGSM
61
60
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

Ministral 3 3B

36

46
AIME 2023
23
48
AIME 2024
25
47
AIME 2025
24
42
HMMT Feb 2023
19
44
HMMT Feb 2024
21
43
HMMT Feb 2025
20
45
BRUMO 2025
22
57
MATH-500
53

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, LFM2-24B-A2B or Ministral 3 3B?

LFM2-24B-A2B is ahead overall, 38 to 27. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 42 and 15.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or Ministral 3 3B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 35.6 versus 24.5. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, LFM2-24B-A2B or Ministral 3 3B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 18 versus 6.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, LFM2-24B-A2B or Ministral 3 3B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 50.4 versus 36. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, LFM2-24B-A2B or Ministral 3 3B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 46.6 versus 30.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or Ministral 3 3B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 33.4 versus 22.9. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or Ministral 3 3B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 41.7 versus 30.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, LFM2-24B-A2B or Ministral 3 3B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 68 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or Ministral 3 3B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.4 versus 59.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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