# LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Phi-4-reasoning-plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-VL-3B and Phi-4-reasoning-plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-vl-3b-vs-phi-4-reasoning-plus
- 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-VL-3B and Phi-4-reasoning-plus 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-VL-3B | Phi-4-reasoning-plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Microsoft |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | 32K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning-plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | Phi-4-reasoning-plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 32.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning-plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | Phi-4-reasoning-plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 53.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning-plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | Phi-4-reasoning-plus | 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
- Phi-4-reasoning-plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | Phi-4-reasoning-plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 68.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 76% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning-plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | Phi-4-reasoning-plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 82.3% | 84.9% | Phi-4-reasoning-plus |
| IFBench | 25.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-VL-3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning-plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-3B | Phi-4-reasoning-plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LFM2.5-VL-3B and Phi-4-reasoning-plus?

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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