# LFM2.5-2.6B vs o3-mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-2.6B and o3-mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-2-6b-vs-o3-mini
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for LFM2.5-2.6B and o3-mini.

## Summary

- LFM2.5-2.6B and o3-mini do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-2.6B | o3-mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 39.9 | 46.72 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $1.10 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 37.2 (Estimated · #131/154)
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | o3-mini | 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: 39.2 (Estimated · #125/154)
- o3-mini public-lane score: 45.3 (Estimated · #91/154)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 59.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 49.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 24.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 37 (Estimated · #151/184)
- o3-mini public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #137/184)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 38.1 (#104/124)
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 59.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 93.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 51.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 87.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare LFM2.5-2.6B and o3-mini on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [LFM2.5-2.6B vs o3-pro](/compare/lfm2-5-2-6b-vs-o3-pro)
- [o3-mini vs o3-pro](/compare/o3-mini-vs-o3-pro)
- [LFM2.5-2.6B vs o3](/compare/lfm2-5-2-6b-vs-o3)
- [o3-mini vs o3](/compare/o3-vs-o3-mini)

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