# K-EXAONE 2.0 vs MiniCPM5-2B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for K-EXAONE 2.0 and MiniCPM5-2B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/k-exaone-2-0-vs-minicpm5-2b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniCPM5-2B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. K-EXAONE 2.0 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 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 43.8% and 8.6%.
- K-EXAONE 2.0 also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | K-EXAONE 2.0 | MiniCPM5-2B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LG AI Research | OpenBMB |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 43.8% | 8.6% | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
| Claw-Eval | 77.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 66.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 37.4% | 26.3% | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 68.2% | 46.4% | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 43.8% | 8.6% | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 69.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 14.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 43.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 83.5% | 70.8% | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
| GPQA-D | 82.2% | 70.2% | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
| HLE | 18.3% | 8.9% | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
| MMMLU | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 40.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.4% | 86.7% | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
| IFBench | 72.6% | 66.3% | K-EXAONE 2.0 |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| PolyMath | 71.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 92.3% | 86.5% | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 78.4% | 63.8% | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
| IMOAnswerBench | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 86.5% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, K-EXAONE 2.0 or MiniCPM5-2B?

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

### How many benchmarks does K-EXAONE 2.0 cover on BenchLM?

K-EXAONE 2.0 currently has 15 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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