# MAI-Thinking-1 vs MiniCPM5-1B

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-minicpm5-1b
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick MAI-Thinking-1 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

- MAI-Thinking-1 leads overall 51 to 4.14.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 95.4 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 10.4 for MiniCPM5-1B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HMMT Feb 2026 in Mathematics, with scores of 84.9% and 25.8%.
- MAI-Thinking-1 also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-1B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | OpenBMB |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | 4.14 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 25.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | 33.5% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 22.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BBH | Coming soon | 71.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.4 (Estimated · #169/169)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | 26.3% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | 48.9% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SimpleQA | 31% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 70.1% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 23.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: MAI-Thinking-1
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 95.4 (#1/124)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 10.4 (#122/124)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | 46.7% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 72.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-1B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 97% | 40.4% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| AIME26 | 94.5% | 40.4% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.9% | 25.8% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MAI-Thinking-1 or MiniCPM5-1B?

MAI-Thinking-1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between MAI-Thinking-1 and MiniCPM5-1B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 95.4 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 10.4 for MiniCPM5-1B.

### How many benchmarks does MAI-Thinking-1 cover on BenchLM?

MAI-Thinking-1 currently has 14 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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