# Nanbeige4.2-3B vs Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 (slim)

> Nanbeige4.2-3B scores 61 (C) to Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507's 54.5 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Nanbeige4.2-3B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507's 54.5 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 leads on reach. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Nanbeige4.2-3B: C 61, rank #78 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanbeige-4-2-3b.min.md
- Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507: C 54.5, rank #130 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-4b-instruct-2507.min.md
- Nanbeige4.2-3B, good for Local agents that need tool calling and a long context on a laptop or a small GPU Ahead on Agent interface, 85 against 75; Documentation and upkeep, 72 against 26.
- Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507, good for Agents that want a small instruct model on a laptop, phone-class device or spare GPU, with a plain licence and long context. Ahead on Reach, 90 against 85.

| Category | Nanbeige4.2-3B | Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 72 | 26 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nanbeige4.2-3B | Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nanbeige LLM Lab (BOSS Zhipin) | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Hub metadata only; the repository has no LICENSE file) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-11 | 2025-09-17 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Nanbeige4.2-3B +46: Nanbeige4.2-3B 72 (Model card 17, Intended use, limitations, the architecture, the parameters (3B outside the embeddings), the context and the languages (in the metadata) are on t…); Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 26 (Model card 11 of 20, intended use, architecture, parameters and context are there, but limitations, named languages and a knowledge cut-off aren't.)
- Agent interface, Nanbeige4.2-3B +10: Nanbeige4.2-3B 85 (Chat template 20, A Jinja chat template in tokenizer_config.json (7,961 characters), with enable_thinking, preserve_thinking, tools and tool_call_format switche…); Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 75 (Chat template 20, a Jinja template in tokenizer_config.json.)
- Reach, Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 +5: Nanbeige4.2-3B 85 (Memory 30, the smallest build from Nanbeige is the FP8 repository (the 8-bit GPTQ one is the same size), 5.19 GB, and 5.19 GB × 1.2 = 6.2 GB, within 16 GB.); Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 90 (Memory 30, LM Studio's and Ollama's 4-bit builds are 2.3 to 2.5 GB, about 3 GB with a fifth added, inside 16 GB.)