# Ling-3.0-tiny vs MiniCPM-o 4.5 (slim)

> MiniCPM-o 4.5 scores 61 (C) to Ling-3.0-tiny's 55 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiniCPM-o 4.5 scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Ling-3.0-tiny's 55 (C), and leads in 1 of 4 scored categories. Ling-3.0-tiny leads on risk and agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Ling-3.0-tiny: C 55, rank #81 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ling-3-0-tiny.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
- Ling-3.0-tiny, good for Agents on a laptop or small GPU that want a fast local model for tool calls and short reasoning, under MIT Ahead on Risk, 50 against 40; Agent interface, 60 against 35.
- 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 Documentation and upkeep, 66 against 56.

| Category | Ling-3.0-tiny | MiniCPM-o 4.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 40 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 35 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 56 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ling-3.0-tiny | MiniCPM-o 4.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | inclusionAI (Ant Group) | OpenBMB |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0; built from Qwen3-8B, SigLIP2, Whisper-medium and CosyVoice2, all Apache 2.0 on their Hub cards |
| Last release | 2026-08-31 | 2026-10-16 |