Mistral 8x7B vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

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

Mistral 8x7B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 48 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Mistral 8x7B's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 68.1 against 42.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 55 to 17.

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking is the reasoning model in the pair, while Mistral 8x7B 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.

Quick Verdict

Pick Mistral 8x7B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking only becomes the better choice if you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Agentic

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

41.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

34.1

40
Terminal-Bench 2.0
34
47
BrowseComp
37
38
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

25.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

8.2

55
HumanEval
17
28
SWE-bench Verified
10
23
LiveCodeBench
9
28
SWE-bench Pro
7

Multimodal & Grounded

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

48.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

32.4

42
MMMU-Pro
27
56
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

60.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

38.4

63
SimpleQA
29
61
MuSR
31
76
BBH
67
57
LongBench v2
39
53
MRCRv2
42

Knowledge

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

48.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

27

65
MMLU
27
64
GPQA
26
62
SuperGPQA
24
60
OpenBookQA
22
65
MMLU-Pro
51
8
HLE
2
56
FrontierScience
31

Instruction Following

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

78

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

72

78
IFEval
72

Multilingual

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

72.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

60.7

74
MGSM
62
71
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

68.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

42.3

65
AIME 2023
28
67
AIME 2024
30
66
AIME 2025
29
61
HMMT Feb 2023
24
63
HMMT Feb 2024
26
62
HMMT Feb 2025
25
64
BRUMO 2025
27
73
MATH-500
61

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Mistral 8x7B is ahead overall, 48 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 55 and 17.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 48.4 versus 27. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 25.8 versus 8.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 68.1 versus 42.3. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 60.3 versus 38.4. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 41.1 versus 34.1. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 48.3 versus 32.4. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 78 versus 72. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 72.1 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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