LFM2-24B-A2B vs Mistral 8x7B v0.2

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 32. 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 35.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 42 to 21.

Quick Verdict

Pick LFM2-24B-A2B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mistral 8x7B v0.2 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

27.9

30
Terminal-Bench 2.0
24
38
BrowseComp
34
34
OSWorld-Verified
28

Coding

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

13.3

42
HumanEval
21
18
SWE-bench Verified
16
17
LiveCodeBench
12
19
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

32.3

39
MMMU-Pro
26
45
OfficeQA Pro
40

Reasoning

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

35.2

44
SimpleQA
27
42
MuSR
25
63
BBH
62
48
LongBench v2
39
45
MRCRv2
38

Knowledge

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

28.9

46
MMLU
29
45
GPQA
28
43
SuperGPQA
26
41
OpenBookQA
24
51
MMLU-Pro
52
4
HLE
3
43
FrontierScience
35

Instruction Following

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

67

68
IFEval
67

Multilingual

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

58.8

64
MGSM
62
60
MMLU-ProX
57

Mathematics

LFM2-24B-A2B

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

42

46
AIME 2023
29
48
AIME 2024
31
47
AIME 2025
30
42
HMMT Feb 2023
25
44
HMMT Feb 2024
27
43
HMMT Feb 2025
26
45
BRUMO 2025
28
57
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, LFM2-24B-A2B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

LFM2-24B-A2B is ahead overall, 38 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 42 and 21.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 35.6 versus 28.9. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, LFM2-24B-A2B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 18 versus 13.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, LFM2-24B-A2B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 50.4 versus 42. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, LFM2-24B-A2B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 46.6 versus 35.2. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, LFM2-24B-A2B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 33.4 versus 27.9. 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, LFM2-24B-A2B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 41.7 versus 32.3. 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 Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

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 Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.4 versus 58.8. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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