# MiniCPM5-2B vs Ornith-1.5-9B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-2B and Ornith-1.5-9B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-2b-vs-ornith-1-5-9b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniCPM5-2B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ornith-1.5-9B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- MiniCPM5-2B leads overall 44 to 34.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 8.6% and 46.2%.
- Ornith-1.5-9B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniCPM5-2B | Ornith-1.5-9B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | Ornith AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 44.4 (Estimated · #88/152)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 8.6% | 46.2% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 30.5% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 54.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 41.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 66.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 46.2 (Estimated · #83/151)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 69.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 46.4% | 70.6% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 14.4% | 47.5% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 8.6% | 46.2% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 32.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 43.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #120/183)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 8.9% | 20.2% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| GPQA-D | 70.2% | 86.4% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| SuperGPQA | 40.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 66.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 86.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | 94.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniCPM5-2B or Ornith-1.5-9B?

MiniCPM5-2B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does MiniCPM5-2B cover on BenchLM?

MiniCPM5-2B currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-9B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-9B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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