Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

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

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 75 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 62.3 against 8.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 83 to 17.

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking.

Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) 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

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

74.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

34.1

77
Terminal-Bench 2.0
34
78
BrowseComp
37
70
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

62.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

8.2

83
HumanEval
17
60
SWE-bench Verified
10
60
LiveCodeBench
9
65
SWE-bench Pro
7

Multimodal & Grounded

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

70.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

32.4

64
MMMU-Pro
27
79
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

84.2

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

38.4

87
SimpleQA
29
85
MuSR
31
91
BBH
67
80
LongBench v2
39
82
MRCRv2
42

Knowledge

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

70.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

27

91
MMLU
27
89
GPQA
26
87
SuperGPQA
24
85
OpenBookQA
22
81
MMLU-Pro
51
29
HLE
2
81
FrontierScience
31

Instruction Following

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

89

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

72

89
IFEval
72

Multilingual

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

87.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

60.7

91
MGSM
62
86
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)

92.5

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

42.3

93
AIME 2023
28
95
AIME 2024
30
94
AIME 2025
29
89
HMMT Feb 2023
24
91
HMMT Feb 2024
26
90
HMMT Feb 2025
25
92
BRUMO 2025
27
93
MATH-500
61

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 75 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 83 and 17.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.1 versus 27. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 62.3 versus 8.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 92.5 versus 42.3. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 84.2 versus 38.4. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.8 versus 34.1. 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, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.8 versus 32.4. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 72. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning) has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.8 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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