o4-mini (high) vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

o4-mini (high) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 63 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o4-mini (high)'s sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 82.9 against 50.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 82 to 45.

o4-mini (high) gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick o4-mini (high) 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

o4-mini (high)

o4-mini (high)

58.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

58
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
64
BrowseComp
38
55
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

o4-mini (high)

o4-mini (high)

38.7

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

74
HumanEval
42
45
SWE-bench Verified
18
34
LiveCodeBench
17
42
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

o4-mini (high)

o4-mini (high)

68.3

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

66
MMMU-Pro
39
71
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

o4-mini (high)

o4-mini (high)

77.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

80
SimpleQA
44
78
MuSR
42
83
BBH
63
75
LongBench v2
48
74
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

o4-mini (high)

o4-mini (high)

61.2

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

82
MMLU
46
82
GPQA
45
80
SuperGPQA
43
78
OpenBookQA
41
76
MMLU-Pro
51
13
HLE
4
73
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

o4-mini (high)

o4-mini (high)

83

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

83
IFEval
68

Multilingual

o4-mini (high)

o4-mini (high)

81.7

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

83
MGSM
64
81
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

o4-mini (high)

o4-mini (high)

82.9

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

83
AIME 2023
46
85
AIME 2024
48
84
AIME 2025
47
79
HMMT Feb 2023
42
81
HMMT Feb 2024
44
80
HMMT Feb 2025
43
82
BRUMO 2025
45
84
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o4-mini (high) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

o4-mini (high) is ahead overall, 63 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 82 and 45.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o4-mini (high) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

o4-mini (high) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.2 versus 35.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, o4-mini (high) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

o4-mini (high) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 38.7 versus 18. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, o4-mini (high) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

o4-mini (high) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 82.9 versus 50.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, o4-mini (high) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

o4-mini (high) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 77.4 versus 46.6. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, o4-mini (high) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

o4-mini (high) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 58.5 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, o4-mini (high) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

o4-mini (high) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 68.3 versus 41.7. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, o4-mini (high) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

o4-mini (high) 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, o4-mini (high) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

o4-mini (high) has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.7 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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