Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs MiniCPM5-1B
Wins 4 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Long documents
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Following instructions
Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the stronger all-rounder.MiniCPM5-1B is better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 14 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Claude 3.7 Sonnet2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Claude 3.7 Sonnet2 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10Claude 3.7 Sonnet1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude 3.7 Sonnet1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01MiniCPM5-1B1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Agents, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude 3.7 Sonnet pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+49.4points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+45.7points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+35.9points ahead
Where MiniCPM5-1B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+23points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 14 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- SciCodeClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 35.940.34.4+35.9
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 21.221.20+21.2
ReasoningClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- GPQA DiamondClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 49.477.227.8+49.4
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 3.29.76.5+3.2
- CritPttie0.90tie
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 26282+26
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationMiniCPM5-1B by 236083+23
Following instructionsMiniCPM5-1B
- IFBenchMiniCPM5-1B by 148.349.3+1
Other results4 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)MiniCPM5-1B by 26.354.781+26.3
- AA-OmniscienceClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 13.9-0.7-14.6+13.9
- AA Agentic IndexClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 103727+10
- AA IntelligenceClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 8.917.78.8+8.9
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or MiniCPM5-1B?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet wins four of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning and long documents. MiniCPM5-1B wins following instructions. They are level on facts.
Which is better for coding?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; MiniCPM5-1B wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 14 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 10 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 4 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.