# DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs MiniCPM5-2B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-R1-0528 and MiniCPM5-2B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-minicpm5-2b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek-R1-0528 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniCPM5-2B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- DeepSeek-R1-0528 leads overall 60 to 46.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro in Knowledge, with scores of 85% and 70.8%.
- MiniCPM5-2B also has the larger context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | MiniCPM5-2B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | OpenBMB |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 66.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 8.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 1930.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.6% | 46.4% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 69.1% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 26.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 14.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 8.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 43.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 93.4% | 84.7% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | 70.8% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| GPQA | 81% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 27.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 17.7% | 8.9% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 40.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 87.5% | 86.5% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 86.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek-R1-0528 or MiniCPM5-2B?

DeepSeek-R1-0528 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek-R1-0528 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek-R1-0528 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniCPM5-2B cover on BenchLM?

MiniCPM5-2B currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs DeepSeek-R1](/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-deepseek-r1-0528)
- [MiniCPM5-2B vs DeepSeek-R1](/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-minicpm5-2b)
- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs MiniCPM5-1B](/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-minicpm5-1b)
- [MiniCPM5-2B vs MiniCPM5-1B](/compare/minicpm5-1b-vs-minicpm5-2b)

## Explore More

- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 profile](/models/deepseek-r1-0528)
- [MiniCPM5-2B profile](/models/minicpm5-2b)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)