# Inkling vs MiniCPM5-2B

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling 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

- Inkling leads overall 60.28 to 44.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Pro in Coding, with scores of 54.3% and 14.4%.
- MiniCPM5-2B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | MiniCPM5-2B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | OpenBMB |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Overall Score | 60.28 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 38.3 (Supported · #122/152)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 66.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 8.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 41.1 (Supported · #111/151)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | 46.4% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | 14.4% | Inkling |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 4.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 69.1% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 26.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 8.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 49.2 (#38/48)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 74.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

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

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 57.4 (Supported · #43/183)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | 70.2% | Inkling |
| HLE | 46% | 8.9% | Inkling |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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
- Inkling public-lane score: 85.2 (#44/123)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | 66.3% | Inkling |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | 86.5% | Inkling |
| AIME 2025 | 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, Inkling or MiniCPM5-2B?

Inkling is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling cover on BenchLM?

Inkling 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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