# MiniCPM5-1B vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-1B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-1b-vs-qwen3-6-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the higher overall point estimate 43.54 to 7.05. 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 78.3 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HMMT Feb 2026 in Mathematics, with scores of 25.8% and 83.6%.
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 7.05 | 43.54 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 42 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.2 (Estimated · #90/124)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 25.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 51.5% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1397 | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 35.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 25.9% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 26.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 60.1% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 42.65% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 31.8 (Estimated · #89/149)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 22.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 33.5% | 80.4% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 49.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 51.5% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 29.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 75.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 71.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 66.4 (#40/54)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.3% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 89.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.0% | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | Coming soon | 50.8% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 11.4 (Estimated · #181/181)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.9 (Estimated · #105/181)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 48.9% | 85.2% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| MMLU-Redux | 70.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 23.1% | 64.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 86% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 21.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 9.7 (#125/128)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 78.3 (#58/128)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 46.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 12.1 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 58.4 (#10/12)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 40.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 40.4% | 92.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 25.8% | 83.6% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| MATH-500 | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 90.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 78.9% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 20.351% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniCPM5-1B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between MiniCPM5-1B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 9.7 for MiniCPM5-1B and 78.3 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 42 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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