o3-mini vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

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

o3-mini is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 71 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o3-mini's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 55.6 against 8.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 86.9 to 27.

o3-mini is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.10 input / $4.40 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. o3-mini gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking.

Quick Verdict

Pick o3-mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

o3-mini

o3-mini

66.6

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

34.1

67
Terminal-Bench 2.0
34
74
BrowseComp
37
61
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

o3-mini

o3-mini

55.6

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

8.2

49.3
SWE-bench Verified
10
57
SWE-bench Pro
7
Coming soon
HumanEval
17
Coming soon
LiveCodeBench
9

Multimodal & Grounded

o3-mini

o3-mini

74.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

32.4

73
MMMU-Pro
27
76
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

o3-mini

o3-mini

81.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

38.4

82
LongBench v2
39
80
MRCRv2
42
Coming soon
SimpleQA
29
Coming soon
MuSR
31
Coming soon
BBH
67

Knowledge

o3-mini

o3-mini

70.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

27

86.9
MMLU
27
77.2
GPQA
26
66
FrontierScience
31
Coming soon
SuperGPQA
24
Coming soon
OpenBookQA
22
Coming soon
MMLU-Pro
51
Coming soon
HLE
2

Instruction Following

o3-mini

o3-mini

93.9

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

72

93.9
IFEval
72

Multilingual

o3-mini

o3-mini

73

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

60.7

73
MMLU-ProX
60
Coming soon
MGSM
62

Mathematics

o3-mini

o3-mini

87.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

42.3

87.3
AIME 2024
30
Coming soon
AIME 2023
28
Coming soon
AIME 2025
29
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2023
24
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2024
26
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2025
25
Coming soon
BRUMO 2025
27
Coming soon
MATH-500
61

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o3-mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

o3-mini is ahead overall, 71 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 86.9 and 27.

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

o3-mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.8 versus 27. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, o3-mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

o3-mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 55.6 versus 8.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, o3-mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

o3-mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 87.3 versus 42.3. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, o3-mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

o3-mini has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 81.1 versus 38.4. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

o3-mini has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 66.6 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, o3-mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

o3-mini has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.4 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-mini or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

o3-mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 93.9 versus 72. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

o3-mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 73 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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