# MiniCPM5-1B vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-1B and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-1b-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: MiniCPM5-1B and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 5.12 | 46.4 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 32 (Estimated · #81/122)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 25.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 54.5% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 28.96% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 27.4 (Estimated · #99/146)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 22.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 33.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 69.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 53.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 71.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 68.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 7.8 (Estimated · #174/174)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.9 (Supported · #100/174)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 48.9% | 85.3% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| MMLU-Redux | 70.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 23.1% | 63.4% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 83.8 (#11/16)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 9.7 (#123/125)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 87.4 (#29/125)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 46.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 80.4% | 91.9% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 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

### Is there enough evidence to pick between MiniCPM5-1B and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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