# Apertus v1.5 8B vs MiniCPM-o 4.5 (slim)

> Apertus v1.5 8B and MiniCPM-o 4.5 score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Apertus v1.5 8B and MiniCPM-o 4.5 score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). MiniCPM-o 4.5 leads on reach. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Apertus v1.5 8B: C 61, rank #35 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apertus-v1-5-8b.min.md
- MiniCPM-o 4.5: C 61, rank #42 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minicpm-o-4-5.min.md
- Apertus v1.5 8B, good for Agents that want a fully open, multilingual 8B with image and audio input on one 24 GB GPU, and can run a publisher fork of vLLM. Ahead on Risk, 75 against 40; Agent interface, 85 against 35; Documentation and upkeep, 84 against 66.
- MiniCPM-o 4.5, good for Agents that need a local model to see, hear and speak on a laptop or a single small GPU, with a plain licence. Ahead on Reach, 90 against 40.

| Category | Apertus v1.5 8B | MiniCPM-o 4.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 75 | 40 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 35 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 84 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Apertus v1.5 8B | MiniCPM-o 4.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Swiss AI Initiative (EPFL and ETH Zurich) | OpenBMB |
| Licence | Apache-2.0, with the Apertus Acceptable Use Policy (v1.5, 14 July 2026) accepted at the download gate | Apache-2.0; built from Qwen3-8B, SigLIP2, Whisper-medium and CosyVoice2, all Apache 2.0 on their Hub cards |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |