# LFM2.5-24B-A2B vs Mercury 2.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-24B-A2B and Mercury 2.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-24b-a2b-vs-mercury-2-5
- Last updated: October 13, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

LFM2.5-24B-A2B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- LFM2.5-24B-A2B has the higher overall point estimate 37.8 to 36.19. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 30.2 for LFM2.5-24B-A2B and 11.7 for Mercury 2.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is τ³-bench results in Agentic, with scores of 8.0% and 96.0%.
- Mercury 2.5 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Mercury 2.5 also has the larger context window at 260K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 2.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Inception |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 260K |
| Overall Score | 37.8 | 36.19 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $1.00 | $0.04 / $0.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 30.2 (Estimated · #88/124)
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: 11.7 (Supported · #115/124)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 27.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 65.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 8.0% | 96.0% | Mercury 2.5 |
| PinchBench | 83.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | 26.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 34.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 34.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 28.5 (Estimated · #98/149)
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #126/149)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 32.7% | 38% | Mercury 2.5 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 51% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: 72.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 40.8 (Estimated · #112/181)
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: 34.7 (Supported · #133/181)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 74.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 74.4% | 79.0% | Mercury 2.5 |
| HLE | 7.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Mercury 2.5
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 75.6 (#61/128)
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: 81.1 (#55/128)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 96.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 74.7% | 77% | Mercury 2.5 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 96.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LFM2.5-24B-A2B or Mercury 2.5?

LFM2.5-24B-A2B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between LFM2.5-24B-A2B and Mercury 2.5?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 30.2 for LFM2.5-24B-A2B and 11.7 for Mercury 2.5.

### How many benchmarks does LFM2.5-24B-A2B cover on BenchLM?

LFM2.5-24B-A2B currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Mercury 2.5 cover on BenchLM?

Mercury 2.5 currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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