# MAI-Thinking-1 vs MiniCPM5-2B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MAI-Thinking-1 and MiniCPM5-2B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-minicpm5-2b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick MAI-Thinking-1 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

- MAI-Thinking-1 leads overall 52 to 44.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Pro in Coding, with scores of 52.8% and 14.4%.
- MAI-Thinking-1 also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-2B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | OpenBMB |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 131K |
| Overall Score | 52 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 50.3 (Estimated · #50/152)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | 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
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 50.4 (Estimated · #57/151)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | 69.1% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | 46.4% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | 14.4% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 26.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 8.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 43.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 52.3 (Estimated · #66/183)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | 70.2% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | 70.8% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SimpleQA | 31% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 8.9% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 40.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/123)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | 66.3% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 97% | 86.5% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| AIME26 | 94.5% | 86.5% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.9% | 63.8% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MAI-Thinking-1 or MiniCPM5-2B?

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

### 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 MiniCPM5-2B cover on BenchLM?

MiniCPM5-2B currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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