2B open-source MiniCPM5 tops small-model index, tested as an offline iPhone iMessage agent
SimplyAnnisa · x · 2026-09-13
OpenBMB's MiniCPM5-2B ranks #1 under 4B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and tops its Agentic Index outright, 20 vs 9 for the next small model — evidence of the Densing Law, where capability density doubles roughly every 3.5 months.
The author went beyond benchmarks and built an iMessage agent with the model running entirely on-device: six tools across eight real-world scenarios, three runs each, handling reminders, calendar events, lookups, and replies without anything leaving the phone. His own results, not official ones, show a 2B model is already useful for pocket-sized private assistants.
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