Model benchmarks

LFM2.5-24B-A2B.APEX-I-MiniPlus-V2.1 local LLM performance

As of October 2026, LFM2.5-24B-A2B.APEX-I-MiniPlus-V2.1 runs at up to 29.6 tok/s for local inference (best of 3 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

24B

Peak speed

29.6 tok/s

Average speed

24.8 tok/s

Avg PP

116.9 tok/s

Min memory

n/a

Max context

65,536 tokens

Avg output / run

27,836 tokens

Avg runtime / run

21m 42s

Avg quality

65.1

Benchmark runs

3

GPUs tested

1

Quality by task

Average LLM-judged quality (0–100) with the run-to-run spread shown as a P5–P95 band, overall and for each benchmark task, across all 3 runs. The low and high columns show how much the judge’s score varies between runs, and need at least two runs to display.

TaskP5 (low)AvgP95 (high)
Overall57.865.170.2
Agent Workflow13.745.565.2
Code Generation58.161.764.7
Role Play & Narrative71.375.681.2
Research & Analysis72.277.682.3

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination LFM2.5-24B-A2B.APEX-I-MiniPlus-V2.1 has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated October 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
Intel Graphicsllama.cpp—29.6 tok/s29.6 tok/sn/a65,536 tokens70.41
Intel Graphicsllama.cpp:vulkan—28.4 tok/s28.4 tok/sn/a65,536 tokens56.61
Intel Graphicsllama.cpp:sycl—16.3 tok/s16.3 tok/sn/a65,536 tokens68.21

Benchmark runs

All 3 LFM2.5-24B-A2B.APEX-I-MiniPlus-V2.1 runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is LFM2.5-24B-A2B.APEX-I-MiniPlus-V2.1 good for coding?
In our benchmarks, LFM2.5-24B-A2B.APEX-I-MiniPlus-V2.1 scores 61.7/100 for coding. It runs at about 24.8 tok/s, so if you want more speed, local-qwen is faster (~60.2 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (84.8/100).
Is LFM2.5-24B-A2B.APEX-I-MiniPlus-V2.1 good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, LFM2.5-24B-A2B.APEX-I-MiniPlus-V2.1 scores 45.5/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 24.8 tok/s, so if you want more speed, granite-4.2-8b-Q4_K_L is faster (~71.6 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (92.9/100).
How fast is LFM2.5-24B-A2B.APEX-I-MiniPlus-V2.1 for local inference?
Across 3 community benchmark runs, LFM2.5-24B-A2B.APEX-I-MiniPlus-V2.1 reaches up to 29.6 tok/s and averages 24.8 tok/s, with the fastest results on Intel Graphics.
Which tools have been used to run LFM2.5-24B-A2B.APEX-I-MiniPlus-V2.1?
Benchmarks were submitted using llama.cpp, llama.cpp:sycl, llama.cpp:vulkan. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.