# Granite-4.0-1B vs LFM2.5-8B-A1B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite-4.0-1B and LFM2.5-8B-A1B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-0-1b-vs-lfm2-5-8b-a1b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Granite-4.0-1B and LFM2.5-8B-A1B 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 | Granite-4.0-1B | LFM2.5-8B-A1B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | LiquidAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 30.15 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite-4.0-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-1B | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 49.7% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 88.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite-4.0-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-1B | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite-4.0-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 25.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-1B | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 60.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite-4.0-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 26.4 (Supported · #167/182)

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-1B | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 59.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 29.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 34.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite-4.0-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-1B | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | 37.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite-4.0-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 36.5 (#121/146)

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-1B | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 77.4% | 91.8% | LFM2.5-8B-A1B |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 56.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite-4.0-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 24 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-1B | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 88.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 42.5% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 50.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Granite-4.0-1B and LFM2.5-8B-A1B?

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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