# MiniCPM5-1B vs Mistral Small 4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-1B and Mistral Small 4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-1b-vs-mistral-small-4
- Last updated: October 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for MiniCPM5-1B and Mistral Small 4.

## Summary

- MiniCPM5-1B and Mistral Small 4 do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniCPM5-1B | Mistral Small 4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | Mistral |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 5.67 | 43.16 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.15 / $0.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 24.5 (Estimated · #117/135)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Mistral Small 4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 25.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 25.9 (Estimated · #120/156)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Mistral Small 4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 22.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 33.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 59.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Mistral Small 4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 71.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 48.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 9.1 (Estimated · #179/179)
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 36.6 (Estimated · #128/179)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Mistral Small 4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 48.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 70.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 23.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 9.7 (#150/157)
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 57.1 (#92/157)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Mistral Small 4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 46.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 12.1 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Mistral Small 4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 40.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 40.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 25.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare MiniCPM5-1B and Mistral Small 4 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [MiniCPM5-1B vs MiniCPM5-2B](/compare/minicpm5-1b-vs-minicpm5-2b)
- [Mistral Small 4 vs MiniCPM5-2B](/compare/minicpm5-2b-vs-mistral-small-4)
- [MiniCPM5-1B vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)](/compare/minicpm5-1b-vs-mistral-small-4-reasoning)
- [Mistral Small 4 vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)](/compare/mistral-small-4-vs-mistral-small-4-reasoning)

## Explore More

- [MiniCPM5-1B profile](/models/minicpm5-1b)
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