# HunyuanOCR 1.5 vs LightOnOCR-3-4B (slim)

> LightOnOCR-3-4B scores 61 (C) to HunyuanOCR 1.5's 56.6 (C) for ocr. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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LightOnOCR-3-4B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against HunyuanOCR 1.5's 56.6 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. HunyuanOCR 1.5 leads on agent interface. Both do ocr.

- HunyuanOCR 1.5: C 56.6, rank #114 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hunyuanocr.min.md
- LightOnOCR-3-4B: C 61, rank #73 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lightonocr-3-4b.min.md
- HunyuanOCR 1.5, good for Teams outside the EU, the UK and South Korea that want one small model for OCR, extraction and image translation Ahead on Agent interface, 80 against 70.
- LightOnOCR-3-4B, good for Agents that need located, labelled document blocks from a model they can use commercially without conditions Ahead on Reach, 70 against 60; Risk, 55 against 45.

| Category | HunyuanOCR 1.5 | LightOnOCR-3-4B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 60 | 70 |
| Risk (20%) | 45 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 80 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 48 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HunyuanOCR 1.5 | LightOnOCR-3-4B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Tencent (Hy team) | LightOn |
| Licence | Tencent Hunyuan Community License (not licensed in the EU, the UK or South Korea) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-08-28 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no document linked |

Why the edge:
- Reach, LightOnOCR-3-4B +10: HunyuanOCR 1.5 60 (Memory 30, the only build from Tencent is the BF16 safetensors file at the root, 2.24 GB, and 2.24 GB × 1.2 = 2.7 GB, within 16 GB.); LightOnOCR-3-4B 70 (Memory 30, the only build from LightOn is the BF16 safetensors file, 9.08 GB, and 9.08 GB × 1.2 = 10.9 GB, within 16 GB.)
- Risk, LightOnOCR-3-4B +10: HunyuanOCR 1.5 45 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files, and no Python at the root.); LightOnOCR-3-4B 55 (File safety 25, one safetensors file, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.)
- Agent interface, HunyuanOCR 1.5 +10: HunyuanOCR 1.5 80 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (930 characters).); LightOnOCR-3-4B 70 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (7,759 characters), Qwen 3.5's template with thinking off by default.)