# Claude Opus 4.5 vs MiniCPM5-1B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.5 and MiniCPM5-1B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-5-vs-minicpm5-1b
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Claude Opus 4.5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.5 has the higher overall point estimate 54.12 to 5.12. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 57.9 for Claude Opus 4.5 and 5.4 for MiniCPM5-1B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HMMT Feb 2026 in Mathematics, with scores of 85.3% and 25.8%.
- Claude Opus 4.5 also has the larger context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.5 | MiniCPM5-1B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenBMB |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 131K |
| Overall Score | 54.12 | 5.12 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 45 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 31 (Estimated · #84/122)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 66.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld | 66.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 70.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 23.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | 26.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 43.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 42.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | 71.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 76.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 50.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 64.23% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 32.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 25.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 41.8 (Estimated · #62/146)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 84.8% | 33.5% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 57.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 22.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 73.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 64.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BBH | Coming soon | 71.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 24.5 (#47/49)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 74.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 68.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 84.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 45.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 67.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 49.3 (Estimated · #70/174)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 7.8 (Estimated · #174/174)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 70.6% | 23.1% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| MMLU-Pro | 89.5% | 48.9% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| MMLU-Redux | 96.6% | 70.1% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| C-Eval | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 26.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 96.5 (#2/16)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 56.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.5
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 30.6 (#115/125)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 9.7 (#123/125)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 90.9% | 80.4% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| IFBench | 58% | 46.7% | Claude Opus 4.5 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.5 public-lane score: 57.9 (#6/7)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.1% | 40.4% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 93.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 85.3% | 25.8% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| MMAnswerBench | 84.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 20.690% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.167% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 40.4% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.5 or MiniCPM5-1B?

Claude Opus 4.5 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.5 and MiniCPM5-1B?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 57.9 for Claude Opus 4.5 and 5.4 for MiniCPM5-1B.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.5 currently has 45 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniCPM5-1B cover on BenchLM?

MiniCPM5-1B currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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