Mistral Large 2 vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

Mistral Large 2 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 59 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Mistral Large 2's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 41.8 against 18. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 49 to 18.

Mistral Large 2 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

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

Agentic

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Large 2

52.2

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

51
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
57
BrowseComp
38
50
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Large 2

41.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

60
HumanEval
42
49
SWE-bench Verified
18
38
LiveCodeBench
17
44
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Large 2

61

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

56
MMMU-Pro
39
67
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Large 2

67.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

66
SimpleQA
44
64
MuSR
42
82
BBH
63
66
LongBench v2
48
68
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Large 2

54.6

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

68
MMLU
46
68
GPQA
45
66
SuperGPQA
43
64
OpenBookQA
41
74
MMLU-Pro
51
12
HLE
4
65
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Large 2

83

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

83
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Large 2

79.1

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

81
MGSM
64
78
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Large 2

73.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

68
AIME 2023
46
70
AIME 2024
48
69
AIME 2025
47
64
HMMT Feb 2023
42
66
HMMT Feb 2024
44
65
HMMT Feb 2025
43
67
BRUMO 2025
45
82
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral Large 2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral Large 2 is ahead overall, 59 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 49 and 18.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Mistral Large 2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral Large 2 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 54.6 versus 35.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Mistral Large 2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral Large 2 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.8 versus 18. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Mistral Large 2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral Large 2 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 73.8 versus 50.4. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Mistral Large 2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral Large 2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 67.5 versus 46.6. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Mistral Large 2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral Large 2 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 52.2 versus 33.4. 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, Mistral Large 2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral Large 2 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 61 versus 41.7. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Mistral Large 2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral Large 2 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 83 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Mistral Large 2 or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral Large 2 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.1 versus 61.4. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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