# LFM2.5-VL-3B vs o3-mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-VL-3B and o3-mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-vl-3b-vs-o3-mini
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LFM2.5-VL-3B and o3-mini 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.
- LFM2.5-VL-3B has the lower published output-token price.
- o3-mini has the larger published context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-VL-3B | o3-mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 46.83 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $1.10 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 32.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3-mini public-lane score: 45.3 (Estimated · #88/151)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 49.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| RealWorldQA | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 35.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CountBench | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | 48.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 30.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | 47.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3-mini public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #134/183)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 82.3% | 93.9% | o3-mini |
| IFBench | 25.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 87.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LFM2.5-VL-3B and o3-mini?

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.

## Related Comparisons

- [LFM2.5-VL-3B vs o3](/compare/lfm2-5-vl-3b-vs-o3)
- [o3-mini vs o3](/compare/o3-vs-o3-mini)
- [LFM2.5-VL-3B vs o3-pro](/compare/lfm2-5-vl-3b-vs-o3-pro)
- [o3-mini vs o3-pro](/compare/o3-mini-vs-o3-pro)

## Explore More

- [LFM2.5-VL-3B profile](/models/lfm2-5-vl-3b)
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