# Exaone 4.0 32B vs LFM2.5-2.6B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Exaone 4.0 32B and LFM2.5-2.6B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/exaone-4-0-32b-vs-lfm2-5-2-6b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Exaone 4.0 32B 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 | Exaone 4.0 32B | LFM2.5-2.6B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LG AI Research | LiquidAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 38.81 | 39.9 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 2 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Exaone 4.0 32B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 37.2 (Estimated · #131/154)

| Benchmark | Exaone 4.0 32B | 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
- Exaone 4.0 32B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 39.2 (Estimated · #125/154)

| Benchmark | Exaone 4.0 32B | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 59.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Exaone 4.0 32B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 24.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Exaone 4.0 32B public-lane score: 36.3 (Supported · #154/184)
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 37 (Estimated · #151/184)

| Benchmark | Exaone 4.0 32B | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 81.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Exaone 4.0 32B public-lane score: 36.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 38.1 (#104/124)

| Benchmark | Exaone 4.0 32B | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 59.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Exaone 4.0 32B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Exaone 4.0 32B | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 85.3% | 51.9% | Exaone 4.0 32B |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Exaone 4.0 32B 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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