o3-pro vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

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

o3-pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 71 to 30. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o3-pro's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 89 against 37. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 80 to 14.

o3-pro 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. o3-pro gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick o3-pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

o3-pro

o3-pro

70.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

25.7

69
Terminal-Bench 2.0
22
76
BrowseComp
31
68
OSWorld-Verified
26

Coding

o3-pro

o3-pro

49.2

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

7.2

80
HumanEval
14
46
SWE-bench Verified
9
44
LiveCodeBench
8
55
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

o3-pro

o3-pro

74.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.4

70
MMMU-Pro
27
79
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

o3-pro

o3-pro

83.6

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

32.1

86
SimpleQA
24
84
MuSR
22
89
BBH
59
81
LongBench v2
34
81
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

o3-pro

o3-pro

67.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

26

88
MMLU
26
89
GPQA
25
87
SuperGPQA
23
85
OpenBookQA
21
75
MMLU-Pro
50
26
HLE
1
77
FrontierScience
30

Instruction Following

o3-pro

o3-pro

82

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

80

82
IFEval
80

Multilingual

o3-pro

o3-pro

81.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

60.7

83
MGSM
62
80
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

o3-pro

o3-pro

89

LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

37

90
AIME 2023
24
92
AIME 2024
26
91
AIME 2025
25
86
HMMT Feb 2023
20
88
HMMT Feb 2024
22
87
HMMT Feb 2025
21
89
BRUMO 2025
23
89
MATH-500
54

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o3-pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o3-pro is ahead overall, 71 to 30. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 80 and 14.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o3-pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o3-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 67.1 versus 26. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, o3-pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o3-pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 49.2 versus 7.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, o3-pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o3-pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 37. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, o3-pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o3-pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 83.6 versus 32.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, o3-pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o3-pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.4 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, o3-pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o3-pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, o3-pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o3-pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, o3-pro or LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct?

o3-pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.1 versus 60.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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