# Flint vs LFM2.5-2.6B

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/flint-40b-a2-5b-vs-lfm2-5-2-6b
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Flint and LFM2.5-2.6B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Flint has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Flint | LFM2.5-2.6B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Recursive | LiquidAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 31.19 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 16.8 (Estimated · #116/132)

| Benchmark | Flint | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 12.2 (Estimated · #142/153)

| Benchmark | Flint | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 80.3% | 59.4% | Flint |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 28.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 26.3 (Estimated · #171/187)

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: 94.7 (#3/152)
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 39.1 (#122/152)

| Benchmark | Flint | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 89.2% | 59.2% | Flint |
| IFEval | 95.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

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

| Benchmark | Flint | LFM2.5-2.6B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 51.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, 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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## Explore More

- [Flint profile](/models/flint-40b-a2-5b)
- [LFM2.5-2.6B profile](/models/lfm2-5-2-6b)
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