# DeepSeek V3 vs MiniCPM5-1B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and MiniCPM5-1B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-minicpm5-1b
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V3 and MiniCPM5-1B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- MiniCPM5-1B has the larger published context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-1B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | OpenBMB |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 32.02 | 5.12 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 10.3 (Estimated · #116/122)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 25.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 16.8 (Estimated · #128/146)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 22.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 33.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 42.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | Coming soon | 71.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 30.1 (Estimated · #139/174)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 7.8 (Estimated · #174/174)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | 48.9% | DeepSeek V3 |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 70.1% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 26.3% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 23.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 38.2 (#104/125)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 9.7 (#123/125)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | 80.4% | DeepSeek V3 |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 46.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | 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

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V3 and MiniCPM5-1B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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