# Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 vs Sage-A1.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 and Sage-A1.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/reflection-beam-nvfp4-vs-sage-a1-5
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 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 NVFP4 has the higher overall point estimate 70 to 62.95. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 86.2 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 and 91.9 for Sage-A1.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 75.6% and 81.7%.
- Sage-A1.5 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Sage-A1.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Reflection AI | InternScience |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 62.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Estimated · #36/132)

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ³-bench results | 35.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 51.1% | 55.1% | Sage-A1.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 75.6% | 81.7% | Sage-A1.5 |
| DeepSearchQA | 81.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GAIA | Coming soon | 95.1% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 45.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 54 (Estimated · #34/153)

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 65.6% | 61.2% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | 31.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 77.5% | 72.7% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 46.9% | 44.3% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 84.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 15.4% | 20.0% | Sage-A1.5 |
| LongBench v2 | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 89.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierScience Research | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Sage-A1.5
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 86.2 (#46/152)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 91.9 (#22/152)

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.2% | 81.6% | Sage-A1.5 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 87.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 or Sage-A1.5?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 and Sage-A1.5?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 86.2 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 and 91.9 for Sage-A1.5.

### How many benchmarks does Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 cover on BenchLM?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Sage-A1.5 cover on BenchLM?

Sage-A1.5 currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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