# Ornith-1.5-122B vs Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct (slim)

> Ornith-1.5-122B scores 61 (C) to Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct's 52.6 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Ornith-1.5-122B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct's 52.6 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct leads on reach and risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Ornith-1.5-122B: C 61, rank #81 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ornith-1-5-122b.min.md
- Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct: D 52.6, rank #137 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-vl-4b-instruct.min.md
- Ornith-1.5-122B, good for Local coding and terminal agents on a 128 GB unified-memory machine or a 96 GB GPU setup, where a clear licence file and an answering publisher aren't required Ahead on Agent interface, 85 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 36 against 31.
- Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct, good for An agent with 4 GB or more to spare that needs a local model to read images, documents and video Ahead on Reach, 95 against 75; Risk, 55 against 50.

| Category | Ornith-1.5-122B | Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 75 | 95 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 36 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ornith-1.5-122B | Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ornith | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-24 | 2025-11-01 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, Ornith-1.5-122B +25: Ornith-1.5-122B 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct 60 (A Jinja chat template in the repository (20).)
- Reach, Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct +20: Ornith-1.5-122B 75 (Memory 10, since Ornith's own MLX 4-bit build is 69.7 GB and needs about 83.6 GB with the fifth added, over 64 GB and inside the reference machine's 107.4 GB, a…); Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct 95 (Alibaba's own Q4_K_M GGUF with its vision file is 2.95 GB, so with a fifth added it needs about 3.5 GB and fits well within 16 GB (30).)
- Risk, Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct +5: Ornith-1.5-122B 50 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only and no Python in any of Ornith's repositories for this size, so the card's --trust-remote-code flag loads nothing from…); Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct 55 (Safetensors and GGUF only and no code in the repositories, so the FP8 card's trust_remote_code flag runs nothing (25).)
- Documentation and upkeep, Ornith-1.5-122B +5: Ornith-1.5-122B 36 (Model card 11, it covers intended use, architecture, parameters and context but not limitations, languages or a knowledge cut-off.); Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct 31 (The card misses limitations, languages and a cut-off (11).)