# MiniCPM5-1B vs Qwen3.6-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-1B and Qwen3.6-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-1b-vs-qwen3-6-27b
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.6-27B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.6-27B has the higher overall point estimate 47.92 to 5.12. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 9.7 for MiniCPM5-1B and 81 for Qwen3.6-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HMMT Feb 2026 in Mathematics, with scores of 25.8% and 84.3%.
- Qwen3.6-27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 5.12 | 47.92 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 39 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 28.1 (Supported · #91/122)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 25.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1487 | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 70.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 54.84% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 36.7 (Supported · #73/146)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 22.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 33.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 36.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 70.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 75.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 71.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 52.9 (#35/49)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 82.9% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 84.1% | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| MStar | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| CountBench | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 62.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 94.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 7.8 (Estimated · #174/174)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 45.2 (Estimated · #84/174)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 48.9% | 86.2% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| MMLU-Redux | 70.1% | 93.5% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| GPQA-D | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 23.1% | 66% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 91.4% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 24% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 9.7 (#123/125)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 81 (#52/125)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 46.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 40.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 40.4% | 94.1% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 25.8% | 84.3% | Qwen3.6-27B |
| MATH-500 | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 93.8% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 90.7% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniCPM5-1B or Qwen3.6-27B?

Qwen3.6-27B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between MiniCPM5-1B and Qwen3.6-27B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 9.7 for MiniCPM5-1B and 81 for Qwen3.6-27B.

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

MiniCPM5-1B currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-27B currently has 39 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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