# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs MiniCPM5-2B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and MiniCPM5-2B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v4-1-flash-vs-minicpm5-2b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 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 V4.1 Flash leads overall 66 to 44.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 90.6% and 8.6%.
- MiniCPM5-2B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | MiniCPM5-2B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | OpenBMB |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% | 8.6% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| terminalBench3 | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 31.20% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 15.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 63.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 54.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 31.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 66.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3471.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% | 8.6% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| terminalBench3 | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 20.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 69.1% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 26.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 46.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 14.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (tools) | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | 49.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 43.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 90.9% | 70.2% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| HLE | 36.8% | 8.9% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 40.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex | 65.6% | 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

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or MiniCPM5-2B?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

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

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