# Kimi K3 vs MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B (slim)

> Kimi K3 scores 62.4 (B) to MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B's 61 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Kimi K3 scores 62.4 (B) on agent readiness against MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B's 61 (C), and leads in 1 of 4 scored categories. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B leads on reach, agent interface and documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Kimi K3: B 62.4, rank #30 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-k3.min.md
- MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B: C 61, rank #77 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minicpm-v-4-7-35b-a3b.min.md
- Kimi K3, good for Teams with a multi-node GPU cluster who want an open 1M-context agent model for long coding and research work Ahead on Risk, 65 against 55.
- 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 50; Agent interface, 70 against 65; Documentation and upkeep, 68 against 41.

| Category | Kimi K3 | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 50 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 41 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kimi K3 | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Moonshot AI | OpenBMB |
| Licence | Kimi K3 License (modified MIT) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-02 | 2026-11-03 |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Reach, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +40: Kimi K3 50 (Memory earns nothing, because the only build of 4-bit precision or better from Moonshot or a runtime's own library is Moonshot's MXFP4 release of 1,561 GB, abou…); 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…)
- Documentation and upkeep, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +27: Kimi K3 41 (The model card earns 11, covering intended use, architecture, parameters and context, but not limitations, languages or a knowledge cut-off.); MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 68 (Model card 8, it covers intended use, architecture and parameters but not limitations, context length, languages or a knowledge cut-off.)
- Risk, Kimi K3 +10: Kimi K3 65 (File safety earns 15, safetensors only with no pickle files, less 10 because the documented loading path runs Moonshot's Python with trust_remote_code and build…); 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.)
- Agent interface, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +5: Kimi K3 65 (The chat template earns 10, because there is no Jinja template and the prompt format exists only as encoding_k3.py, code you run.); MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)