# LFM2.5-24B-A2B vs Mercury 3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-24B-A2B and Mercury 3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-24b-a2b-vs-mercury-3
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LFM2.5-24B-A2B and Mercury 3 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.
- Mercury 3 has the lower published output-token price.
- Mercury 3 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Inception |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 37.71 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $1.00 | $0.10 / $0.35 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 31 (Estimated · #94/130)
- Mercury 3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 27.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 65.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 8.0% | 30.2% | Mercury 3 |
| PinchBench | 83.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | 26.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp+ | Coming soon | 55.18% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mercury 3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 32.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 51% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 46.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mercury 3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 75.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 40.4 (Estimated · #119/186)
- Mercury 3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 74.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 74.4% | 89.2% | Mercury 3 |
| HLE | 7.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 75.6 (#64/148)
- Mercury 3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 96.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 74.7% | 76.8% | Mercury 3 |
| MultiChallenge (provider reports) | Coming soon | 60.35% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mercury 3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Mercury 3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 96.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LFM2.5-24B-A2B and Mercury 3?

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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## Explore More

- [LFM2.5-24B-A2B profile](/models/lfm2-5-24b-a2b)
- [Mercury 3 profile](/models/mercury-3)
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