# DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs LFM2.5-2.6B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-R1-0528 and LFM2.5-2.6B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-lfm2-5-2-6b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek-R1-0528 and LFM2.5-2.6B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | LFM2.5-2.6B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | LiquidAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 31.28 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 17.4 (Estimated · #108/124)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 56.9% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 5.7% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 12.2 (Estimated · #137/148)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 1930.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 59.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 29.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 26.6 (Estimated · #165/181)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 81% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 27.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 17.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 39.1 (#106/128)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 59.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 87.5% | 51.9% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek-R1-0528 and LFM2.5-2.6B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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