What are LFM2.5-8B-A1B's benchmark scores?

As of 25 Oct 2026, LFM2.5-8B-A1B scores 43.6 ±8.0 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in instruction following (56) and weakest in long context (23). That rests on 6 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.

How does LFM2.5-8B-A1B rank?

LFM2.5-8B-A1B is #563 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 427 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.

When was LFM2.5-8B-A1B released?

Liquid AI released LFM2.5-8B-A1B on 28 May 2026.

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LFM2.5-8B-A1B

LFM2.5-8B-A1B is a Liquid AI open-weights reasoning model, released 28 May 2026. Its best configuration ranks #563 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 43.6 ±8.0, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 427 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in instruction following (56) and lowest in long context (23). Last measured 28 May 2026.

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Released: 28 May 2026

How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.

Overall index44
Reasoning41
Agents & tools38
Knowledge47
Instruction following56
Long context23
Composite38

How its index has moved

9 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026

The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.

Benchmark results

See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

Benchmark	not stated	Source
GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index	51.3%#424	Artificial Analysis
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index	6.9%#378	Artificial Analysis
CritPt	0.0%#315	Artificial Analysis

Agents & tools

Benchmark	not stated	Source
Terminal-Bench Hard	4.5%#284	Artificial Analysis
τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index	16.1%#357	Artificial Analysis

Knowledge

Benchmark	not stated	Source
AA-Omniscience	-33.2#294	Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience: accuracynot in index	9.3%#503	Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience: non-hallucinationnot in index	53.1%#105	Artificial Analysis

Instruction following

Benchmark	not stated	Source
IFBench	55.6%#145	Artificial Analysis

Long context

Benchmark	not stated	Source
AA-LCR	0.0%#493	Artificial Analysis

Composite

Benchmark	not stated	Source
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2	7.2#488	Artificial Analysis

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What are LFM2.5-8B-A1B's benchmark scores?: As of 25 Oct 2026, LFM2.5-8B-A1B scores 43.6 ±8.0 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in instruction following (56) and weakest in long context (23). That rests on 6 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
How does LFM2.5-8B-A1B rank?: LFM2.5-8B-A1B is #563 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 427 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
When was LFM2.5-8B-A1B released?: Liquid AI released LFM2.5-8B-A1B on 28 May 2026.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.

Cite as: BenchLeader, “LFM2.5-8B-A1B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 25 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/lfm2-5-8b-a1b.