# MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B vs Step 3.7 Flash (slim)

> MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B scores 61 (C) to Step 3.7 Flash's 59.8 (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 Step 3.7 Flash's 59.8 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Step 3.7 Flash leads on agent interface. 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
- Step 3.7 Flash: C 59.8, rank #93 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/step-3-7-flash.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 Reach, 95 against 70; Risk, 55 against 45; Documentation and upkeep, 48 against 39.
- Step 3.7 Flash, good for Teams with a GPU server or a provider account that want an open, long-context agent model with vision Ahead on Agent interface, 85 against 70.

| Category | MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B | Step 3.7 Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 70 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 45 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 48 | 39 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B | Step 3.7 Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenBMB | StepFun |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 (metadata and card; no LICENSE file) |
| Last release | 2026-10-30 | 2026-06-03 |

Why the edge:
- Reach, MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B +25: 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.); Step 3.7 Flash 70 (Memory 5, the smallest build at 4 bits is StepFun's IQ4_XS GGUF, 104.99 GB with the 3.97 GB projector, and 108.96 GB × 1.2 = 130.8 GB, over what the reference m…)
- Agent interface, Step 3.7 Flash +15: MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B 70 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository, 7,249 characters.); Step 3.7 Flash 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (5,723 characters).)
- Risk, MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B +10: MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors in the main repository and the AWQ, GPTQ and int4 builds, GGUF in the GGUF build, with no .bin, .pt, .pth or .py files in the main r…); Step 3.7 Flash 45 (File safety 15, safetensors and GGUF only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).)
- Documentation and upkeep, MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B +9: 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…); Step 3.7 Flash 39 (Model card 14, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters, the context and the language (in the metadata) are on the card.)