Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 75 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 62.3 against 18. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 77 to 30.

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) is the reasoning model in the pair, while LFM2-24B-A2B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2-24B-A2B only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

74.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

77
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
78
BrowseComp
38
70
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

62.3

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

83
HumanEval
42
60
SWE-bench Verified
18
60
LiveCodeBench
17
65
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

70.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

64
MMMU-Pro
39
79
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

84.2

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

87
SimpleQA
44
85
MuSR
42
91
BBH
63
80
LongBench v2
48
82
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

70.1

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

91
MMLU
46
89
GPQA
45
87
SuperGPQA
43
85
OpenBookQA
41
81
MMLU-Pro
51
29
HLE
4
81
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

89

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

89
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

87.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

91
MGSM
64
86
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

92.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

93
AIME 2023
46
95
AIME 2024
48
94
AIME 2025
47
89
HMMT Feb 2023
42
91
HMMT Feb 2024
44
90
HMMT Feb 2025
43
92
BRUMO 2025
45
93
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 75 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 77 and 30.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.1 versus 35.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 62.3 versus 18. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 92.5 versus 50.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 84.2 versus 46.6. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.8 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, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.8 versus 41.7. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.8 versus 61.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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