# MiniCPM5-1B vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-1B and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-1b-vs-nemotron-3-5-bolt-e4b-bf16
- Last updated: October 23, 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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16.

## Summary

- MiniCPM5-1B and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 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 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 64K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 5.59 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 25.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 68.5% | Coming soon |
| When2Call Multi-Turn | Coming soon | 63.36% | Coming soon |
| ToolSandbox | Coming soon | 68.77% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| RelyToolBench | Coming soon | 63.16% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | 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
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: 29 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 71.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RULER (64K) | Coming soon | 86.99% | Coming soon |
| LongMemEval | Coming soon | 72.10% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 50.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 9.1 (Estimated · #187/187)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | 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 |
| GaRAGe | Coming soon | 42.61% | Coming soon |
| RAGTruth (provider reports) | Coming soon | 77.59% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 9.7 (#146/153)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 46.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MultiChallenge (provider reports) | Coming soon | 53.10% | Coming soon |
| Brevity Benchmark | Coming soon | 82.52% | Coming soon |
| RoleBench | Coming soon | 67.05% | Coming soon |
| RoleMRC | Coming soon | 80.63% | Coming soon |
| IHEval | Coming soon | 84.79% | Coming soon |
| AgentIF | Coming soon | 25.81% | Coming soon |
| InverseIFEval | Coming soon | 46.84% | Coming soon |
| StructEval-T | Coming soon | 80.40% | Coming soon |
| SysBench | Coming soon | 67.88% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 12.1 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | 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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 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.

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