# LFM2.5-8B-A1B vs Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-8B-A1B and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-8b-a1b-vs-reflection-beam-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LFM2.5-8B-A1B and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 has the lower published output-token price.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Reflection AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 30.12 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 49.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 35.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 51.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 81.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 31.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 46.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 25.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 85.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 15.4% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 26.3 (Supported · #169/184)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 34.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 36.5 (#123/148)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 86.2 (#44/148)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 91.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 56.5% | 79.2% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 24 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 87.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 42.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 50.0% | 97.5% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LFM2.5-8B-A1B and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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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