# Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct vs LFM2.5-8B-A1B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct and LFM2.5-8B-A1B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kanana-2-1-3b-instruct-vs-lfm2-5-8b-a1b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct and LFM2.5-8B-A1B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B has the larger published context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | LFM2.5-8B-A1B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Kakao | LiquidAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 38.98 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 3 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 43.3 (Estimated · #96/152)

| Benchmark | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 49.7% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 88.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 21 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 34.4 (Supported · #163/183)

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 44.7 (#94/123)

| Benchmark | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 34.7% | 56.5% | LFM2.5-8B-A1B |
| IFEval | 77.6% | 91.8% | LFM2.5-8B-A1B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 27.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 61.4% | 88.8% | LFM2.5-8B-A1B |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 42.5% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 50.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct and LFM2.5-8B-A1B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 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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