# MiniCPM-o 4.5 vs SmolLM3-3B (slim)

> MiniCPM-o 4.5 and SmolLM3-3B 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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MiniCPM-o 4.5 and SmolLM3-3B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). SmolLM3-3B leads on 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
- SmolLM3-3B: C 61, rank #47 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smollm3-3b.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 Reach, 90 against 85; Documentation and upkeep, 66 against 54.
- SmolLM3-3B, good for Agents that want a small, fully transparent tool-calling cousin on a laptop, CPU or edge device Ahead on Risk, 65 against 40; Agent interface, 80 against 35. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.8 out of 5.

| Category | MiniCPM-o 4.5 | SmolLM3-3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 40 | 65 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 35 | 80 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 66 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniCPM-o 4.5 | SmolLM3-3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenBMB | Hugging Face |
| 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 | 2025-09-10 |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |