# LFM2.5-8B-A1B vs MiniCPM5-2B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-8B-A1B and MiniCPM5-2B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-8b-a1b-vs-minicpm5-2b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniCPM5-2B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-8B-A1B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- MiniCPM5-2B leads overall 44 to 38.98.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 42.5% and 86.5%.
- MiniCPM5-2B also has the larger context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | MiniCPM5-2B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | OpenBMB |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Overall Score | 38.98 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 43.3 (Estimated · #96/152)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 49.7% | 66.6% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| τ²-bench results | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 8.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 69.1% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 26.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 46.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 14.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 8.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 21 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 43.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 34.4 (Supported · #163/183)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 8.9% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 40.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 44.7 (#94/123)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 91.8% | 86.7% | LFM2.5-8B-A1B |
| IFBench | 56.5% | 66.3% | MiniCPM5-2B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 27.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 88.8% | 94.6% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| AIME 2025 | 42.5% | 86.5% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| AIME26 | 50.0% | 86.5% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LFM2.5-8B-A1B or MiniCPM5-2B?

MiniCPM5-2B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does LFM2.5-8B-A1B cover on BenchLM?

LFM2.5-8B-A1B currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniCPM5-2B cover on BenchLM?

MiniCPM5-2B currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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