# LFM2.5-8B-A1B vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-8B-A1B and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-8b-a1b-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Ternary Bonsai 2 27B 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

- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B leads overall 50.78 to 39.28.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 17.3 for LFM2.5-8B-A1B and 76.8 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 42.5% and 95%.
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Prism ML |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 39.28 | 50.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 43.7 (Estimated · #98/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #59/154)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 49.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 88.1% | 80.2% | LFM2.5-8B-A1B |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 74.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #64/154)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.1% | Coming soon |
| BigCodeBench | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv (overall) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| A-OKVQA | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.6 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 56.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 21 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 34.5 (Supported · #165/184)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #78/184)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Ternary Bonsai 2 27B
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 35.4 (#108/124)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 71 (#64/124)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 91.8% | 91.3% | LFM2.5-8B-A1B |
| IFBench | 56.5% | 74% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 17.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 76.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 88.8% | 98.8% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| AIME 2025 | 42.5% | 95% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| AIME26 | 50.0% | 95.8% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| GSM8K | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LFM2.5-8B-A1B or Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

Ternary Bonsai 2 27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between LFM2.5-8B-A1B and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 17.3 for LFM2.5-8B-A1B and 76.8 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.

### 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 Ternary Bonsai 2 27B cover on BenchLM?

Ternary Bonsai 2 27B currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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