# LFM2.5-2.6B vs MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B (slim)

> MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B scores 61 (C) to LFM2.5-2.6B's 50.3 (D) 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 LFM2.5-2.6B's 50.3 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. LFM2.5-2.6B leads on agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LFM2.5-2.6B: D 50.3, rank #146 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm2-5-2-6b.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
- LFM2.5-2.6B, good for Agents that want a small local helper for tool calls, extraction and RAG on a laptop, phone or CPU, at organisations under the licence's revenue threshold Ahead on Agent interface, 75 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 Risk, 55 against 50; Documentation and upkeep, 68 against 57.

| Category | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 75 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 57 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Liquid AI | OpenBMB |
| Licence | LFM Open License v1.0 (free commercial use below $10M annual revenue) | Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +11: LFM2.5-2.6B 57 (The model card earns 17, with everything but 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, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +5: LFM2.5-2.6B 50 (File safety earns 25, safetensors and GGUF only, and nothing from the repository runs to load it or build prompts.); 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, LFM2.5-2.6B +5: LFM2.5-2.6B 75 (The chat template earns 20 for chat_template.jinja in the repository.); MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)