# LFM2.5-VL-450M vs ZAYA1-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-VL-450M and ZAYA1-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-vl-450m-vs-zaya1-8b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick ZAYA1-8B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-VL-450M only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- ZAYA1-8B leads overall 56 to 37.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 34.1 for LFM2.5-VL-450M and 43.6 for ZAYA1-8B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro in Knowledge, with scores of 19.3% and 74.2%.
- ZAYA1-8B also has the larger context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-VL-450M | ZAYA1-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: 42.7 (Estimated · #108/154)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 46.1 (Estimated · #82/154)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-450M | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 21.1% | 39.2% | ZAYA1-8B |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-450M | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-450M | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 32.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CountBench | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: 34.1 (Estimated · #168/184)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 43.6 (Estimated · #120/184)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-450M | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 25.7% | 71% | ZAYA1-8B |
| MMLU-Pro | 19.3% | 74.2% | ZAYA1-8B |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 71.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 23.5 (#121/124)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-450M | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 61.2% | 85.6% | ZAYA1-8B |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-VL-450M public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-VL-450M | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LFM2.5-VL-450M or ZAYA1-8B?

ZAYA1-8B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between LFM2.5-VL-450M and ZAYA1-8B?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 34.1 for LFM2.5-VL-450M and 43.6 for ZAYA1-8B.

### How many benchmarks does LFM2.5-VL-450M cover on BenchLM?

LFM2.5-VL-450M currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does ZAYA1-8B cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-8B currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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