# MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B vs SmolLM3-3B (slim)

> MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B and SmolLM3-3B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B and SmolLM3-3B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). SmolLM3-3B leads on risk, agent interface 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
- SmolLM3-3B: C 61, rank #55 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smollm3-3b.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.
- SmolLM3-3B, good for Agents that want a small, fully transparent tool-calling cousin on a laptop, CPU or edge device Ahead on Risk, 65 against 55; Agent interface, 80 against 70; Documentation and upkeep, 74 against 68.

| Category | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B | SmolLM3-3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 65 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 80 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 68 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B | SmolLM3-3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenBMB | Hugging Face |
| Last release | 2026-11-03 | 2025-09-10 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Risk, SmolLM3-3B +10: MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only, no Python in the main repository and no remote code needed.); SmolLM3-3B 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and nothing from the repository runs on load or to build prompts.)
- Agent interface, SmolLM3-3B +10: MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); SmolLM3-3B 80 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Documentation and upkeep, SmolLM3-3B +6: 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.); SmolLM3-3B 74 (Model card 14, it covers limitations, architecture, parameters, context and languages but has no intended-use section and leaves the June 2025 cut-off to the ch…)
- 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…); SmolLM3-3B 85 (Memory 30, the smallest 4-bit build Hugging Face publishes is its own ONNX q4f16 at 2.1 GB, about 2.5 GB with the fifth added, and the full BF16 files that the…)