# Nanbeige4.2-3B vs Recursive Flint (slim)

> Nanbeige4.2-3B and Recursive Flint 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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Nanbeige4.2-3B and Recursive Flint score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). Recursive Flint leads on risk and agent interface. 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
- Recursive Flint: C 61, rank #54 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recursive-flint.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 Documentation and upkeep, 72 against 67.
- Recursive Flint, good for Agents doing repository work on a 32 to 48 GB Mac or NVIDIA box that want a sparse coder with documented tool calls and a plain licence. Ahead on Risk, 60 against 55; Agent interface, 90 against 85.

| Category | Nanbeige4.2-3B | Recursive Flint |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 72 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nanbeige4.2-3B | Recursive Flint |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nanbeige LLM Lab (BOSS Zhipin) | Recursive |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Hub metadata only; the repository has no LICENSE file) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-11 | 2026-10-21 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Risk, Recursive Flint +5: Nanbeige4.2-3B 55 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); Recursive Flint 60 (File safety 15 of 25, safetensors and GGUF only, but the card's documented BF16 route installs the wheel shipped in the repository.)
- Agent interface, Recursive Flint +5: 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…); Recursive Flint 90 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository and inside both GGUFs.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Nanbeige4.2-3B +5: 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…); Recursive Flint 67 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but languages.)