Nemotron Ultra 253B vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

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

Nemotron Ultra 253B 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.

Nemotron Ultra 253B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 33.7 against 8.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 38 to 7.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron Ultra 253B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Nemotron Ultra 253B

Nemotron Ultra 253B

46.7

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

34.1

46
Terminal-Bench 2.0
34
50
BrowseComp
37
45
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

Nemotron Ultra 253B

Nemotron Ultra 253B

33.7

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

8.2

41
HumanEval
17
31
SWE-bench Verified
10
30
LiveCodeBench
9
38
SWE-bench Pro
7

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron Ultra 253B

Nemotron Ultra 253B

44.7

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

32.4

37
MMMU-Pro
27
54
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Nemotron Ultra 253B

Nemotron Ultra 253B

53.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

38.4

47
SimpleQA
29
45
MuSR
31
77
BBH
67
55
LongBench v2
39
56
MRCRv2
42

Knowledge

Nemotron Ultra 253B

Nemotron Ultra 253B

42.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

27

49
MMLU
27
48
GPQA
26
46
SuperGPQA
24
44
OpenBookQA
22
63
MMLU-Pro
51
11
HLE
2
49
FrontierScience
31

Instruction Following

Nemotron Ultra 253B

Nemotron Ultra 253B

78

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

72

78
IFEval
72

Multilingual

Nemotron Ultra 253B

Nemotron Ultra 253B

70.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

60.7

74
MGSM
62
68
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Nemotron Ultra 253B

Nemotron Ultra 253B

59.7

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

42.3

49
AIME 2023
28
51
AIME 2024
30
50
AIME 2025
29
45
HMMT Feb 2023
24
47
HMMT Feb 2024
26
46
HMMT Feb 2025
25
48
BRUMO 2025
27
74
MATH-500
61

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron Ultra 253B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Nemotron Ultra 253B is ahead overall, 48 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 38 and 7.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron Ultra 253B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Nemotron Ultra 253B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 42.4 versus 27. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron Ultra 253B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Nemotron Ultra 253B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 33.7 versus 8.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Nemotron Ultra 253B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Nemotron Ultra 253B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 59.7 versus 42.3. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Nemotron Ultra 253B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Nemotron Ultra 253B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 53.3 versus 38.4. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron Ultra 253B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Nemotron Ultra 253B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 46.7 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, Nemotron Ultra 253B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Nemotron Ultra 253B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.7 versus 32.4. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Nemotron Ultra 253B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Nemotron Ultra 253B 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, Nemotron Ultra 253B or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Nemotron Ultra 253B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.1 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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