# MiniCPM5-2B vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-2B and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-2b-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 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

- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B leads overall 53.39 to 44.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 46.4% and 69.2%.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 53.39 |
| 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
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 45 (Estimated · #86/152)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 8.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 54.5% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 28.96% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 45.5 (Estimated · #87/151)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 69.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 46.4% | 69.2% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 14.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 8.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 53.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 67.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 40.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 43.7% | 59% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 45.4 (Supported · #107/183)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 70.8% | 85.3% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| 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% | 63.4% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 88.8 (#29/123)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 66.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 86.7% | 91.9% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 21.1 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 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 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 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 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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