# LFM2.5-8B-A1B vs Llama 3.1 70B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-8B-A1B and Llama 3.1 70B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-8b-a1b-vs-llama-3-1-70b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LFM2.5-8B-A1B and Llama 3.1 70B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Llama 3.1 70B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 30.21 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Llama 3.1 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Llama 3.1 70B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 49.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Llama 3.1 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Llama 3.1 70B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 25.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Llama 3.1 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 26.4 (Supported · #166/181)
- Llama 3.1 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Llama 3.1 70B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | Coming soon | 86% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 66.4% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 46.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Llama 3.1 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Llama 3.1 70B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 36.5 (#110/128)
- Llama 3.1 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Llama 3.1 70B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 91.8% | 87.5% | LFM2.5-8B-A1B |
| IFBench | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 24 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Llama 3.1 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Llama 3.1 70B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 42.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GSM8K | Coming soon | 95.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LFM2.5-8B-A1B and Llama 3.1 70B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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