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Compare two local AI models

File size, the job, and which computers can hold each one.

MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B is the lighter one. Qwen3 8B needs more memory.

OpenBMB

The small MiniCPM-V 4.7. It looks at pictures, several pictures, a document, or a video. The Q4_K_M language file is about 0.6 GB, and the vision projector brings the running size to about 1.7 GB. The 3 GB phone figure belongs to the 35B-A3B size.

File
0.6 GB
License
Apache 2.0
Used for
Reading a scan
Quality note
OpenBMB's small vision model for pictures, documents, and video. It is not a mixture of experts.

Fits on: Windows laptop, 4 GB, Old office PC, 4 GB, MacBook Air, 8 GB, and 26 more

Alibaba

The default small chatbot for 2026. Quick, capable, and easy to find.

File
5.2 GB
License
Apache 2.0
Used for
Chat and writing, Document search, Translation, Coding
Quality note
A step behind Gemma 3 12B, and a clear step ahead of a 3B toy model.

Fits on: Windows laptop, 16 GB, Gaming PC, 8 GB GPU, MacBook Air, 8 GB, and 19 more