# MiniCPM5-2B vs Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-2B and Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-2b-vs-qwen3-235b-a22b-reasoning
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniCPM5-2B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) leads overall 64 to 46.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MMLU-Redux in Knowledge, with scores of 84.7% and 92.7%.
- MiniCPM5-2B also has the larger context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 128K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 8.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 43.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 84.7% | 92.7% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
| HLE | 8.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 70.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 40.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 71.1% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 78.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 66.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 86.7% | 83.4% | MiniCPM5-2B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.5% | 81.5% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| AIME26 | 86.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | 94.6% | 98% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniCPM5-2B or Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning)?

Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) 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 Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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