# Arete-27B vs MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B (slim)

> MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B scores 61 (C) to Arete-27B's 55.1 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Arete-27B's 55.1 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Arete-27B leads on documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Arete-27B: C 55.1, rank #123 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arete-27b.min.md
- MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B: C 61, rank #76 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minicpm-v-4-7-1b.min.md
- Arete-27B, good for Agents that want Qwen3.8-27B's coding and tool use without its handling of politically sensitive topics, on a 24 GB card or a 128 GB machine Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 63 against 48.
- MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B, good for Agents that need a cheap local model to read screenshots, photos and short video on a phone, a laptop or beside a bigger model Ahead on Reach, 95 against 50; Agent interface, 70 against 60.

| Category | Arete-27B | MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 50 | 95 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 63 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Arete-27B | MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nous Research | OpenBMB |
| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2026-10-30 |

Why the edge:
- Reach, MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B +45: Arete-27B 50 (Memory 10, the only build from Nous Research is the 54.7 GB BF16 release, which needs about 66 GB and fits the reference machine.); MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B 95 (Memory 30, OpenBMB's own IQ4_XS GGUF is 0.64 GB, 1.54 GB with the 0.90 GB vision projector, and 1.54 GB × 1.2 = 1.9 GB, which fits 16 GB with room to spare.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Arete-27B +15: Arete-27B 63 (Model card 8, no limitations, context length, languages or cut-off.); MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B 48 (Model card 8, Intended use (image, multi-image and video understanding on device), architecture (early visual-token compression inside the vision encoder) and p…)
- Agent interface, MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B +10: Arete-27B 60 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B 70 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository, 7,249 characters.)