# Gemma 4 12B vs LFM2.5-VL-450M

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 12B and LFM2.5-VL-450M across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-lfm2-5-vl-450m
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemma 4 12B and LFM2.5-VL-450M 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.
- Gemma 4 12B has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | LFM2.5-VL-450M |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | LiquidAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 46.64 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: 44.7 (Estimated · #98/151)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM2.5-VL-450M | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 21.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM2.5-VL-450M | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM2.5-VL-450M | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 69.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 79.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 32.7% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |
| CountBench | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM2.5-VL-450M | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: 35.7 (Estimated · #160/181)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM2.5-VL-450M | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | 25.7% | Gemma 4 12B |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | 19.3% | Gemma 4 12B |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM2.5-VL-450M | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 61.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | LFM2.5-VL-450M | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemma 4 12B and LFM2.5-VL-450M?

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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