MiniMax M1 80k vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

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

MiniMax M1 80k is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 35 to 30. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

MiniMax M1 80k's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 41.7 against 32.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 28 to 14. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct does hit back in instruction following, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

MiniMax M1 80k gives you the larger context window at 80K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M1 80k if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if instruction following is the priority.

Agentic

MiniMax M1 80k

MiniMax M1 80k

32.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

25.7

30
Terminal-Bench 2.0
22
37
BrowseComp
31
31
OSWorld-Verified
26

Coding

MiniMax M1 80k

MiniMax M1 80k

13.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

7.2

28
HumanEval
14
16
SWE-bench Verified
9
10
LiveCodeBench
8
17
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

MiniMax M1 80k

MiniMax M1 80k

39

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.4

34
MMMU-Pro
27
45
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

MiniMax M1 80k

MiniMax M1 80k

41.7

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.1

34
SimpleQA
24
32
MuSR
22
64
BBH
59
45
LongBench v2
34
46
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

MiniMax M1 80k

MiniMax M1 80k

31.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

26

36
MMLU
26
35
GPQA
25
33
SuperGPQA
23
31
OpenBookQA
21
51
MMLU-Pro
50
2
HLE
1
39
FrontierScience
30

Instruction Following

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

MiniMax M1 80k

68

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

80

68
IFEval
80

Multilingual

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

MiniMax M1 80k

59.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

60.7

63
MGSM
62
57
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

MiniMax M1 80k

MiniMax M1 80k

44.9

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

37

36
AIME 2023
24
38
AIME 2024
26
37
AIME 2025
25
32
HMMT Feb 2023
20
34
HMMT Feb 2024
22
33
HMMT Feb 2025
21
35
BRUMO 2025
23
57
MATH-500
54

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, MiniMax M1 80k or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

MiniMax M1 80k is ahead overall, 35 to 30. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 28 and 14.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, MiniMax M1 80k or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

MiniMax M1 80k has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 31.3 versus 26. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, MiniMax M1 80k or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

MiniMax M1 80k has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 13.8 versus 7.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, MiniMax M1 80k or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

MiniMax M1 80k has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 44.9 versus 37. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, MiniMax M1 80k or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

MiniMax M1 80k has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 41.7 versus 32.1. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, MiniMax M1 80k or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

MiniMax M1 80k has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 32.1 versus 25.7. 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, MiniMax M1 80k or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

MiniMax M1 80k has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 39 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, MiniMax M1 80k or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, MiniMax M1 80k or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.7 versus 59.1. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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