# LFM2.5-2.6B vs MiniCPM5-1B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-2.6B and MiniCPM5-1B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-2-6b-vs-minicpm5-1b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick LFM2.5-2.6B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniCPM5-1B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- LFM2.5-2.6B leads overall 39.9 to 38.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 38.1 for LFM2.5-2.6B and 10.4 for MiniCPM5-1B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BFCL v4 in Agentic, with scores of 56.9% and 25.1%.
- MiniCPM5-1B also has the larger context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniCPM5-1B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | OpenBMB |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Overall Score | 39.9 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 37.2 (Estimated · #131/154)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 43.6 (Estimated · #99/154)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 56.9% | 25.1% | LFM2.5-2.6B |
| τ³-bench results | 5.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 62.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 39.2 (Estimated · #125/154)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 59.4% | 33.5% | LFM2.5-2.6B |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 22.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 24.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | Coming soon | 71.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 37 (Estimated · #151/184)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 37 (Estimated · #150/184)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 48.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 70.1% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 26.3% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 23.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: LFM2.5-2.6B
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 38.1 (#104/124)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 10.4 (#122/124)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 59.2% | 46.7% | LFM2.5-2.6B |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 51.9% | 40.4% | LFM2.5-2.6B |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 40.4% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 25.8% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LFM2.5-2.6B or MiniCPM5-1B?

LFM2.5-2.6B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between LFM2.5-2.6B and MiniCPM5-1B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 38.1 for LFM2.5-2.6B and 10.4 for MiniCPM5-1B.

### How many benchmarks does LFM2.5-2.6B cover on BenchLM?

LFM2.5-2.6B currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniCPM5-1B cover on BenchLM?

MiniCPM5-1B currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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