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LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B vs GPT-5.2 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.01$21.00 LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.02$168.00 LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B is 100% cheaper overall.

LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B Providers

Liquid $0.01 (Cheapest)

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
6.851.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
2.348.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
25.399.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
50.587.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
34.490.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
15.188.9
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B
32,768
tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 92% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s99.7 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s27.00s
GPT-5.2 Pro responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1BGPT-5.2 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1BGPT-5.2 Pro
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorLiquidOpenAI
ReleasedOct 2025Dec 2025

LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B has cheaper input pricing at $0.01/M tokens. LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B has cheaper output pricing at $0.02/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B's score of 2.3.
LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B has a 32,768 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B does not support vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.