# MiniCPM5-2B vs QwQ-32B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-2B and QwQ-32B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-2b-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick QwQ-32B 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

- QwQ-32B leads overall 62 to 46.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 86.5% and 69.5%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniCPM5-2B | QwQ-32B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 131K |
| 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
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 8.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 66.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | QwQ-32B | 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 | 62.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 43.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 84.7% | 90% | QwQ-32B |
| 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 | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 80.9% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 69.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 66.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 86.7% | 83.9% | MiniCPM5-2B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.5% | 69.5% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| AIME26 | 86.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | 94.6% | 98% | QwQ-32B |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 79.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniCPM5-2B or QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B 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 QwQ-32B cover on BenchLM?

QwQ-32B currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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