# MiniCPM5-1B vs MiniCPM5-2B

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 12
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniCPM5-2B 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

- MiniCPM5-2B leads overall 44 to 40.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 40.4% and 86.5%.

## Model Snapshot

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

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 43.1 (Estimated · #98/152)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 25.1% | 66.6% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 8.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

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

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 22.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 33.5% | 69.1% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 26.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 46.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 14.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 8.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

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

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 71.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 43.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 36.6 (Estimated · #149/183)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 48.9% | 70.8% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| MMLU-Redux | 70.1% | 84.7% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| GPQA-D | 26.3% | 70.2% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| SuperGPQA | 23.1% | 40.8% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| HLE | Coming soon | 8.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 24.8 (#121/123)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 46.7% | 66.3% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| IFEval | 80.4% | 86.7% | MiniCPM5-2B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | MiniCPM5-2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 40.4% | 86.5% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| AIME26 | 40.4% | 86.5% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 25.8% | 63.8% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| MATH-500 | 91.6% | 94.6% | MiniCPM5-2B |

## FAQ

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

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

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

MiniCPM5-1B 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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