ARM2: Adaptive Reasoning Model with Vision Understanding and Executable Code
On the map: LLM reasoning → Test-time compute and efficient thinking
Abstract (arXiv)
Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) often suffer from the ``over-thinking'' problem, generating unnecessarily long reasoning on simple tasks. Some strategies have been proposed to mitigate this issue, such as length penalties or routing mechanisms, but they are typically heuristic and task-specific, lacking a general framework for adaptive reasoning. In this paper, we present ARM2, a unified model that adaptively balances reasoning performance and efficiency across multiple formats through a reinforcement learning framework augmented with length-aware optimization. Beyond conventional natural language inference, ARM2 integrates vision understanding, extending its applicability to multimodal. Moreover, ARM2 integrates executable code into reasoning, enabling substantial reductions in token cost while preserving task performance compared to long CoT. Experiments demonstrate that ARM2 achieves performance on par with traditional reasoning models trained with GRPO, while reducing token usage by over 70% on average. We further conduct extensive analyses to validate the effectiveness of ARM2 and the soundness of its design.
Key facts. Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Test-time compute and efficient thinking, one of 17 directions in LLM reasoning. Builds on 23 of its 42 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 9 Oct 2025.
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- 2025AdaCoT: Pareto-Optimal Adaptive Chain-of-Thought Triggering via Reinforcement Learning17 May
- 2025ThinkPrune: Pruning Long Chain-of-Thought of LLMs via Reinforcement Learning2 Apr
- 2025Stop Overthinking: A Survey on Efficient Reasoning for Large Language Models20 Mar
- 2025L1: Controlling How Long A Reasoning Model Thinks With Reinforcement Learning6 Mar
- 2025The Danger of Overthinking: Examining the Reasoning-Action Dilemma in Agentic Tasks12 Feb
- 2025O1-Pruner: Length-Harmonizing Fine-Tuning for O1-Like Reasoning Pruning22 Jan
- 2024Do NOT Think That Much for 2+3=? On the Overthinking of o1-Like LLMs30 Dec
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- 2025Seed1.5-Thinking: Advancing Superb Reasoning Models with Reinforcement Learningcited by 159
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- 2025VisualWebInstruct: Scaling up Multimodal Instruction Data through Web Searchcited by 34
- 2025Ada-R1: Hybrid-CoT via Bi-Level Adaptive Reasoning Optimizationcited by 33
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