o1 vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

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

o1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 68 to 30. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o1's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 78.1 against 32.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 91.8 to 26.

o1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $15.00 input / $60.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. o1 is the reasoning model in the pair, while LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct 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. o1 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick o1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

o1

o1

65.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

25.7

66
Terminal-Bench 2.0
22
72
BrowseComp
31
60
OSWorld-Verified
26

Coding

o1

o1

48.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

7.2

41
SWE-bench Verified
9
50
SWE-bench Pro
6
Coming soon
HumanEval
14
Coming soon
LiveCodeBench
8

Multimodal & Grounded

o1

o1

70.7

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.4

68
MMMU-Pro
27
74
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

o1

o1

78.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.1

79
LongBench v2
34
77
MRCRv2
37
Coming soon
SimpleQA
24
Coming soon
MuSR
22
Coming soon
BBH
59

Knowledge

o1

o1

69.6

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

26

91.8
MMLU
26
75.7
GPQA
25
65
FrontierScience
30
Coming soon
SuperGPQA
23
Coming soon
OpenBookQA
21
Coming soon
MMLU-Pro
50
Coming soon
HLE
1

Instruction Following

o1

o1

92.2

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

80

92.2
IFEval
80

Multilingual

o1

o1

77

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

60.7

77
MMLU-ProX
60
Coming soon
MGSM
62

Mathematics

o1

o1

74.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

37

74.3
AIME 2024
26
Coming soon
AIME 2023
24
Coming soon
AIME 2025
25
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2023
20
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2024
22
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2025
21
Coming soon
BRUMO 2025
23
Coming soon
MATH-500
54

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o1 is ahead overall, 68 to 30. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 91.8 and 26.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 26. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, o1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 48.4 versus 7.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, o1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.3 versus 37. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, o1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 78.1 versus 32.1. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, o1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.4 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, o1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o1 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.7 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, o1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92.2 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, o1 or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o1 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 77 versus 60.7. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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