# Ming-3.0-audio-flash vs Qwen3-ASR-1.7B (slim)

> Qwen3-ASR-1.7B scores 64.4 (B) to Ming-3.0-audio-flash's 42.5 (E) for speech-to-text. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ming-3-0-audio-flash-vs-qwen3-asr-1-7b.md (~2,750 tokens) · this version ~480 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ming-3-0-audio-flash-vs-qwen3-asr-1-7b.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ming-3-0-audio-flash-vs-qwen3-asr-1-7b
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-21
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Qwen3-ASR-1.7B scores 64.4 (B) on agent readiness against Ming-3.0-audio-flash's 42.5 (E), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Ming-3.0-audio-flash leads on documentation and upkeep. Both do speech-to-text.

- Ming-3.0-audio-flash: E 42.5, rank #98 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ming-3-0-audio-flash.min.md
- Qwen3-ASR-1.7B: B 64.4, rank #19 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-asr-1-7b.min.md
- Ming-3.0-audio-flash, good for Teams with a multi-GPU server who want Chinese and English transcription, audio understanding and spoken replies from one MIT model Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 49 against 33.
- Qwen3-ASR-1.7B, good for Agents that need local multilingual or Chinese-dialect transcription on a small GPU, served through vLLM Ahead on Reach, 75 against 25; Risk, 55 against 50; Agent interface, 75 against 65. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.3 out of 5.

| Category | Ming-3.0-audio-flash | Qwen3-ASR-1.7B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 25 | 75 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 49 | 33 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ming-3.0-audio-flash | Qwen3-ASR-1.7B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | inclusionAI (Ant Group) | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-20 | 2026-07-22 |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |