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MiniCPM5 2B vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

MiniCPM5 2B (Openbmb) and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#88 vs #91).

Which should you choose?

Choose MiniCPM5 2B if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — MiniCPM5 2B was listed 6 September 2026, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 29 July 2025.

Choose Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #88 against #91 (44.2 vs 43.3 points).
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 0.

MiniCPM5 2B vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of MiniCPM5 2B and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
FieldMiniCPM5 2BOpenbmbQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Qwen
ModelCap Index position#91#88
Index score43.344.2
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.048
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.193
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—32K
API providers listed04
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed6 September 202629 July 2025
PublisherOpenbmbQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: MiniCPM5 2B vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Public benchmark boards where MiniCPM5 2B or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has a published result
BoardMiniCPM5 2BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14391430–1448Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)—41.4Function callingOnly one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis13.1intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecified—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis8.6%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="MiniCPM5-2B":reasoning=true—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis8.9%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="MiniCPM5-2B":reasoning=true—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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MiniCPM5 2B vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507: common questions

Is MiniCPM5 2B better than Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #88 against #91. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is MiniCPM5 2B cheaper than Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniCPM5 2B or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, MiniCPM5 2B or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are MiniCPM5 2B and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 open-weight models?

MiniCPM5 2B: Open weights. Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run MiniCPM5 2B and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for MiniCPM5 2B and 4 for Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this MiniCPM5 2B vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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