# MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B vs Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct (slim)

> MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B 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-V 4.7 1B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct's 54.9 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct leads on reach. 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-8B-Instruct: C 54.9, rank #124 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-vl-8b-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-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 95.

| Category | MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B | Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 100 |
| 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-8B-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-8B-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-8B-Instruct 60 (A Jinja chat template in the repository (20).)
- Reach, Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct +5: MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B 95 (Memory 30, OpenBMB's own IQ4_XS GGUF is 0.64 GB, 1.54 GB with the 0.90 GB vision projector, and 1.54 GB × 1.2 = 1.9 GB, which fits 16 GB with room to spare.); Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct 100 (Alibaba's own Q4_K_M GGUF is 5.03 GB, so with a fifth added it needs about 6 GB and fits in 16 GB (30).)