# Inkling-Small vs MiniCPM-o 4.5 (slim)

> Inkling-Small scores 66.5 (B) to MiniCPM-o 4.5's 61 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Inkling-Small scores 66.5 (B) on agent readiness against MiniCPM-o 4.5's 61 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. MiniCPM-o 4.5 leads on reach. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Inkling-Small: B 66.5, rank #14 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling-small.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
- Inkling-Small, good for Teams with 256 GB or more of datacentre GPU memory who want an open multimodal agent model with audio input and adjustable thinking. Ahead on Risk, 70 against 40; Agent interface, 85 against 35; Documentation and upkeep, 82 against 66. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.8 out of 5.
- 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 55.

| Category | Inkling-Small | MiniCPM-o 4.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 55 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 70 | 40 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 35 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 82 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling-Small | MiniCPM-o 4.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | OpenBMB |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0; built from Qwen3-8B, SigLIP2, Whisper-medium and CosyVoice2, all Apache 2.0 on their Hub cards |
| Last release | 2026-07-31 | 2026-10-16 |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |