# LFM3-1.7B vs Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM3-1.7B and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm3-1-7b-vs-reflection-beam-fp8
- Last updated: October 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 has the higher overall point estimate 71 to 22.99. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 61.3 for LFM3-1.7B and 84.9 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 12.9% and 78.9%.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM3-1.7B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Reflection AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 22.99 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 14.4 (Estimated · #123/134)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 41.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 71.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 68.0% | 36.8% | LFM3-1.7B |
| WebArena-Verified | 38.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 32.6% | 81.5% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| ToolSandbox | 80.36% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 68.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 13.9% | 51.1% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | 78.9% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| LiveClaw | 45.60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 76.7% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 13 (Estimated · #142/155)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 28.5% | 48.3% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 43.4% | 80.2% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| SWE Multilingual | 23% | 78.1% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | 78.9% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 31.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 43.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 65.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 84.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| RULER (128K) | 65.56% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 17.4% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 25.5 (Estimated · #175/189)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 63.4% | 90.3% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| HLE | 7.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 36% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 71.7 (#76/156)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 89.8 (#31/156)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 96.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 73.0% | 80.7% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| Multi-IF | 89.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFStruct | 93.72% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 87.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 98.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LFM3-1.7B or Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between LFM3-1.7B and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 61.3 for LFM3-1.7B and 84.9 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8.

### How many benchmarks does LFM3-1.7B cover on BenchLM?

LFM3-1.7B currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 cover on BenchLM?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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