Seed 1.6 Flash vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

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

Seed 1.6 Flash is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 56 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Seed 1.6 Flash's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 73.1 against 32.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 74 to 27.

Seed 1.6 Flash is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.08 input / $0.30 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. Seed 1.6 Flash gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed 1.6 Flash 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

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

54.5

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

34.1

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
34
62
BrowseComp
37
52
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

27.6

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

8.2

59
HumanEval
17
24
SWE-bench Verified
10
25
LiveCodeBench
9
31
SWE-bench Pro
7

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

73.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

32.4

74
MMMU-Pro
27
72
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

66.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

38.4

61
SimpleQA
29
59
MuSR
31
75
BBH
67
70
LongBench v2
39
74
MRCRv2
42

Knowledge

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

47.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

27

65
MMLU
27
64
GPQA
26
62
SuperGPQA
24
60
OpenBookQA
22
65
MMLU-Pro
51
3
HLE
2
57
FrontierScience
31

Instruction Following

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

81

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

72

81
IFEval
72

Multilingual

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

72.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

60.7

76
MGSM
62
71
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash

67.1

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

42.3

64
AIME 2023
28
66
AIME 2024
30
65
AIME 2025
29
60
HMMT Feb 2023
24
62
HMMT Feb 2024
26
61
HMMT Feb 2025
25
63
BRUMO 2025
27
72
MATH-500
61

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed 1.6 Flash or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed 1.6 Flash is ahead overall, 56 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 74 and 27.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed 1.6 Flash or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 47.3 versus 27. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed 1.6 Flash or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 27.6 versus 8.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed 1.6 Flash or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 67.1 versus 42.3. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Seed 1.6 Flash or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 66.8 versus 38.4. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Seed 1.6 Flash or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 54.5 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, Seed 1.6 Flash or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Seed 1.6 Flash or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 81 versus 72. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Seed 1.6 Flash or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 72.8 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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