# Claude Opus 4.6 vs LFM2.5-24B-A2B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 and LFM2.5-24B-A2B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-lfm2-5-24b-a2b
- Last updated: October 13, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Claude Opus 4.6 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.6 has the higher overall point estimate 61.13 to 37.8. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 52.4 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 75.6 for LFM2.5-24B-A2B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 53% and 7.4%.
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Opus 4.6 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | LiquidAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Overall Score | 61.13 | 37.8 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 36 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.10 / $1.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 44.5 (Supported · #54/124)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 30.2 (Estimated · #88/124)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | 62.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 27.7% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 65.0% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 8.0% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 83.2% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 26.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 46.7 (Supported · #51/149)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 28.5 (Estimated · #98/149)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | 51% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 57.57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 32.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 71.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 74.5 (#25/54)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 51.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 64.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 59.3 (Estimated · #50/181)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 40.8 (Estimated · #112/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.3% | 74.4% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | 74.4% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 53% | 7.4% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| HLE w/o tools | 40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 14.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 52.4 (#80/128)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 75.6 (#61/128)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 96.8% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 69.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 99.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 65.965% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 26.829% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 96.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.6 or LFM2.5-24B-A2B?

Claude Opus 4.6 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.6 and LFM2.5-24B-A2B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 52.4 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 75.6 for LFM2.5-24B-A2B.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.6 currently has 36 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does LFM2.5-24B-A2B cover on BenchLM?

LFM2.5-24B-A2B currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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