# MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B vs Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct (slim)

> MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B scores 61 (C) to Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct's 52.6 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct's 52.6 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B: C 61, rank #76 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minicpm-v-4-7-1b.min.md
- Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct: D 52.6, rank #137 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-vl-4b-instruct.min.md
- MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B, good for Agents that need a cheap local model to read screenshots, photos and short video on a phone, a laptop or beside a bigger model Ahead on Agent interface, 70 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 48 against 31.
- Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct, good for An agent with 4 GB or more to spare that needs a local model to read images, documents and video

| Category | MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B | Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 95 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 48 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B | Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenBMB | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Last release | 2026-10-30 | 2025-11-01 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B +17: MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B 48 (Model card 8, Intended use (image, multi-image and video understanding on device), architecture (early visual-token compression inside the vision encoder) and p…); Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct 31 (The card misses limitations, languages and a cut-off (11).)
- Agent interface, MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B +10: MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B 70 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository, 7,249 characters.); Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct 60 (A Jinja chat template in the repository (20).)