# Inkling 2 Small vs MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B (slim)

> MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B scores 61 (C) to Inkling 2 Small's 58.8 (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 35B-A3B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Inkling 2 Small's 58.8 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Inkling 2 Small leads on risk and agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Inkling 2 Small: C 58.8, rank #102 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling-2-small.min.md
- MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B: C 61, rank #77 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minicpm-v-4-7-35b-a3b.min.md
- Inkling 2 Small, good for Teams with 512 GB or more of datacentre GPU memory who want Thinking Machines' newest open multimodal agent model and can run a runtime's pre-release image. Ahead on Risk, 65 against 55; Agent interface, 85 against 70.
- MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B, good for Agents that need to read screenshots, documents and video on a local machine with 24 to 32 GB for the model, under a permissive licence Ahead on Reach, 90 against 40.

| Category | Inkling 2 Small | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling 2 Small | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | OpenBMB |
| Last release | 2026-11-12 | 2026-11-03 |

Why the edge:
- Reach, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +50: Inkling 2 Small 40 (Memory 0 of 30, the smallest build is Thinking Machines' NVFP4 checkpoint at 393.5 GB, about 472 GB with a fifth added, above the 256 GB line.); MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 90 (Memory 25, since OpenBMB's IQ4_XS GGUF with its vision projector is 19.6 GB and needs about 23.6 GB with the fifth added, which fits 24 GB, while its Q4_K_M GGU…)
- Agent interface, Inkling 2 Small +15: Inkling 2 Small 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Risk, Inkling 2 Small +10: Inkling 2 Small 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.); MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only, no Python in the main repository and no remote code needed.)