# DeepSeek V3 vs MiniCPM5-2B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and MiniCPM5-2B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-minicpm5-2b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V3 and MiniCPM5-2B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- MiniCPM5-2B has the lower published output-token price.
- MiniCPM5-2B has the larger published context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-2B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | OpenBMB |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 41.49 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 36.7 (Estimated · #130/152)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 66.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 8.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Estimated · #118/151)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | 46.4% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 41.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 43.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Estimated · #137/183)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | 70.8% | DeepSeek V3 |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 8.9% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 40.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.9 (#104/123)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | 86.7% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 86.5% | Coming soon |
| 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

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V3 and MiniCPM5-2B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 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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