MiniCPM5-1B vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B: Release Comparison
Comparison of the MiniCPM5-1B and Qwen3.6 35B A3B releases: 2 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 4 models.
- For intelligence, Qwen3.6 35B A3B scores highest: Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) at 18, against MiniCPM5-1B (Reasoning) at 9 for MiniCPM5-1B.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indexes
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) |  Alibaba | 18 | 18 | 13 | 21 | - | 22 | 29 | $0.48 | $0.6 | $0.375 | $2.25 | - | $896 | 35k | 13k | 161M | 117 | 2.17s | 48.11s | 52.37s | 287.00s | 36B 3B active at inference time | 262k | Apr 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |   +4 | |||
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) | Alibaba | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.6 | $0.375 | $2.25 | - | - | - | - | - | 128 | 2.19s | 2.19s | 6.10s | - | 36B 3B active at inference time | 262k | Apr 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text |   +3 | |||
| MiniCPM5-1B (Reasoning) |  OpenBMB | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1B | 128k | May 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text | - | |||
| MiniCPM5-1B (Non-reasoning) | OpenBMB | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1B | 128k | May 2026 | - | No | Supports: text | Supports: text | - | |||