# LFM3-1.7B vs MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B (slim)

> LFM3-1.7B and MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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LFM3-1.7B and MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B leads on reach and risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LFM3-1.7B: C 61, rank #69 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm3-1-7b.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
- LFM3-1.7B, good for Agents on a laptop, phone or small server that need tool calling and a long context from a model under 2 GB at 4 bits Ahead on Agent interface, 100 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 85; Risk, 55 against 40.

| Category | LFM3-1.7B | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 40 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 100 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LFM3-1.7B | 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 |
| Last release | 2026-11-09 | 2026-11-03 |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, LFM3-1.7B +30: LFM3-1.7B 100 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (12,129 characters), with roles, tools, deferred tools, tool results and the thinking switch.); MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Risk, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +15: LFM3-1.7B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); 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.)
- Reach, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +5: LFM3-1.7B 85 (Memory 30, Liquid's Q4_K_M GGUF is 1.10 GB, and 1.10 GB × 1.2 = 1.3 GB, which fits 8 GB, well inside the 16 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…)