# MiniCPM5-2B vs Quasar 438B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-2B and Quasar 438B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-2b-vs-quasar-438b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: MiniCPM5-2B and Quasar 438B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- MiniCPM5-2B has the lower published output-token price.
- Quasar 438B has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniCPM5-2B | Quasar 438B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | Multiverse Computing |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.60 / $1.80 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 8.6% | 69.3% | Quasar 438B |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 69.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 46.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 14.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 8.6% | 69.3% | Quasar 438B |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 43.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 8.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 70.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 40.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 66.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Quasar 438B | 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

### Is there enough evidence to pick between MiniCPM5-2B and Quasar 438B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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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## Explore More

- [MiniCPM5-2B profile](/models/minicpm5-2b)
- [Quasar 438B profile](/models/quasar-438b)
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