# LFM2.5-2.6B vs Magistral Small

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-2-6b-vs-magistral-small
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LFM2.5-2.6B and Magistral Small 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.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-2.6B | Magistral Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Mistral |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 31.28 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 17.4 (Estimated · #108/124)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 5.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 62.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 12.2 (Estimated · #137/148)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 59.4% | 47.4% | LFM2.5-2.6B |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 55.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 29.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 26.6 (Estimated · #165/181)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 39.1 (#106/128)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 59.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

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

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 51.9% | 62.8% | Magistral Small |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 95.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

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