# MiniCPM-o 4.5 vs Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct (slim)

> MiniCPM-o 4.5 scores 61 (C) to Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct's 54.9 (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 Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct's 54.9 (C), and leads in 1 of 4 scored categories. Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct leads on reach, risk and agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- MiniCPM-o 4.5: C 61, rank #42 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minicpm-o-4-5.min.md
- Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct: C 54.9, rank #82 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct.min.md
- 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 31.
- Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct, good for An agent with 8 GB or more to spare that needs a local model to read images, documents and video Ahead on Reach, 100 against 90; Risk, 55 against 40; Agent interface, 60 against 35.

| Category | MiniCPM-o 4.5 | Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 100 |
| Risk (20%) | 40 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 35 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 66 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniCPM-o 4.5 | Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenBMB | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0; built from Qwen3-8B, SigLIP2, Whisper-medium and CosyVoice2, all Apache 2.0 on their Hub cards | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2025-11-01 |