# Ling 3.0 Flash vs MiniCPM5-1B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ling 3.0 Flash and MiniCPM5-1B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ling-3-0-flash-vs-minicpm5-1b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Ling 3.0 Flash 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

- Ling 3.0 Flash leads overall 52.2 to 40.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 73.7 for Ling 3.0 Flash and 5.4 for MiniCPM5-1B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HMMT Feb 2026 in Mathematics, with scores of 87.0% and 25.8%.
- Ling 3.0 Flash also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ling 3.0 Flash | MiniCPM5-1B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InclusionAI | OpenBMB |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Overall Score | 52.2 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 45.6 (Estimated · #92/151)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MCP Atlas | 65.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 44.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 73.0% | 25.1% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| WideResearch | 73.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DRACO | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 56.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 72.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 41.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 22.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 33.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | Coming soon | 71.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 38.7 (Estimated · #145/181)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 85.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 85.0% | 26.3% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| HLE | 22.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 84.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 82.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 48.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 70.1% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 23.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Ling 3.0 Flash
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 24.8 (#118/120)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 74.5% | 46.7% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 93.2% | 40.4% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 87.0% | 25.8% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| IMOAnswerBench | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 40.4% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Ling 3.0 Flash or MiniCPM5-1B?

Ling 3.0 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Ling 3.0 Flash and MiniCPM5-1B?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 73.7 for Ling 3.0 Flash and 5.4 for MiniCPM5-1B.

### How many benchmarks does Ling 3.0 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Ling 3.0 Flash currently has 22 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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