# Granite 4.2 8B vs MiniCPM5-2B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 8B and MiniCPM5-2B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-minicpm5-2b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniCPM5-2B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Granite 4.2 8B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- MiniCPM5-2B leads overall 44 to 38.51.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BFCL v4 in Agentic, with scores of 52.4% and 66.6%.
- MiniCPM5-2B also has the larger context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniCPM5-2B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | OpenBMB |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Overall Score | 38.51 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 31.8 (Estimated · #138/152)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | 8.6% | Granite 4.2 8B |
| τ³-bench results | 58.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 52.4% | 66.6% | MiniCPM5-2B |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 37.2 (Estimated · #125/151)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 47.7% | 46.4% | Granite 4.2 8B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 19.1% | 14.4% | Granite 4.2 8B |
| SWE Multilingual | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | 8.6% | Granite 4.2 8B |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.2% | 69.1% | Granite 4.2 8B |
| SciCode | 36.1% | 26.3% | Granite 4.2 8B |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 51.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 43.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 34.7 (Supported · #161/183)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 64.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.0% | 70.8% | Granite 4.2 8B |
| 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: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 84.4 (#46/123)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.3% | 66.3% | Granite 4.2 8B |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.7% | 86.5% | Granite 4.2 8B |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 78.3% | Coming soon | 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, Granite 4.2 8B or MiniCPM5-2B?

MiniCPM5-2B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Granite 4.2 8B cover on BenchLM?

Granite 4.2 8B currently has 14 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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