# MiniCPM5-1B vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-1B and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-1b-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: MiniCPM5-1B and Qwen3.8-27B 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.
- Qwen3.8-27B has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 4.13 | 55.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 25.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 22.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 33.5% | 90.3% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.2% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 71.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.1 (Estimated · #168/168)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 48.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 70.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 26.3% | 89.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SuperGPQA | 23.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 10.4 (#122/124)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 46.7% | 79.5% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| IFEval | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-1B public-lane score: 5.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-1B | Qwen3.8-27B | 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 Qwen3.8-27B?

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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