# Claude Opus 4.6 vs MiniCPM5-1B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 and MiniCPM5-1B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-minicpm5-1b
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Claude Opus 4.6 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 4.6 has the higher overall point estimate 62.01 to 5.12. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.5 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 5.4 for MiniCPM5-1B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SuperGPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 95% and 23.1%.
- Claude Opus 4.6 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 | MiniCPM5-1B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenBMB |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Overall Score | 62.01 | 5.12 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 34 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 44.3 (Supported · #54/122)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 25.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 48 (Supported · #47/146)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 70.7% | 22.7% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 57.57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 33.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 68.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | Coming soon | 71.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 60.6 (#29/49)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 51.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 64.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.4 (Estimated · #45/174)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 7.8 (Estimated · #174/174)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | 26.3% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | 23.1% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| MMLU-Pro | 82% | 48.9% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 14.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 70.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 51 (#79/125)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 9.7 (#123/125)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 46.7% | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 99.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 40.700% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 22.900% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 40.4% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 40.4% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 25.8% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.6 or MiniCPM5-1B?

Claude Opus 4.6 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.6 and MiniCPM5-1B?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.5 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 5.4 for MiniCPM5-1B.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.6 currently has 34 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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