# MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B vs Ripple-65B Preview (slim)

> MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B scores 61 (C) to Ripple-65B Preview's 53.3 (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 35B-A3B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Ripple-65B Preview's 53.3 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Ripple-65B Preview leads on agent interface. 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
- Ripple-65B Preview: D 53.3, rank #135 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ripple-65b-preview.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 45; Documentation and upkeep, 68 against 49.
- Ripple-65B Preview, good for Teams with Blackwell GPUs or a DGX Spark who want an Apache 2.0 coding model to try for terminal and agentic coding work, and can run the publisher's code to serve it. Ahead on Agent interface, 75 against 70.

| Category | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B | Ripple-65B Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 45 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 68 | 49 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B | Ripple-65B Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenBMB | Ricursive Intelligence |
| Last release | 2026-11-03 | 2026-11-04 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | not read yet |

Why the edge:
- Reach, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +45: 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…); Ripple-65B Preview 45 (Memory 10 of 30, the smallest 4-bit build is Ricursive's NVFP4 at 57.2 GB, 68.7 GB with a fifth added, which is over 64 GB and fits our reference machine.)
- Documentation and upkeep, MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B +19: 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.); Ripple-65B Preview 49 (Model card 14 of 20, no limitations and no knowledge cut-off.)
- Agent interface, Ripple-65B Preview +5: MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Ripple-65B Preview 75 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository.)