# MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B vs Qwen3.5-4B (slim)

> Qwen3.5-4B and MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61.2 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Qwen3.5-4B and MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61.2 (C) and 61 (C). MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B leads on reach and documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B: C 61, rank #77 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minicpm-v-4-7-35b-a3b.min.md
- Qwen3.5-4B: C 61.2, rank #38 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-5-4b.min.md
- MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B, good for Agents that need to read screenshots, documents and video on a local machine with 24 to 32 GB for the model, under a permissive licence Ahead on Reach, 90 against 85; Documentation and upkeep, 68 against 34.
- Qwen3.5-4B, good for Agents that want a cheap local helper for tool calls, short reasoning and reading images on a laptop or small GPU

| Category | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B | Qwen3.5-4B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 68 | 34 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B | Qwen3.5-4B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenBMB | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Last release | 2026-11-03 | 2026-03-02 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +34: MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 68 (Model card 8, it covers intended use, architecture and parameters but not limitations, context length, languages or a knowledge cut-off.); Qwen3.5-4B 34 (The card covers five of the seven items and misses limitations and a cut-off (14).)
- Reach, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +5: MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 90 (Memory 25, since OpenBMB's IQ4_XS GGUF with its vision projector is 19.6 GB and needs about 23.6 GB with the fifth added, which fits 24 GB, while its Q4_K_M GGU…); Qwen3.5-4B 85 (Memory earns the full 30 because Ollama's own Q4_K_M build is 3.3 GB, about 4 GB with the fifth added, though Alibaba itself publishes no quantised 4B, so build…)