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Tsinghua spinoff open-sources MiniCPM-V 4.6 multimodal model

A 1.3 billion parameter multimodal model named MiniCPM-V 4.6 has been open-sourced by OpenBMB and Tsinghua University. This model is capable of running on a single RTX 4090 graphics card. Despite its smaller size, it achieves performance comparable to larger models on important benchmarks. AI

IMPACT Provides a capable, low-resource multimodal model for researchers and developers.

RANK_REASON Open-source release of a multimodal model from a university spinoff. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Tsinghua spinoff open-sources MiniCPM-V 4.6 multimodal model

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  1. Pandaily TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Pandaily) ·

    MiniCPM-V 4.6: Tsinghua Spinoff Open-Sources a 1.3B Multimodal Model That Runs on a Single RTX 4090

    OpenBMB and Tsinghua University open-source MiniCPM-V 4.6, a 1.3B-parameter multimodal model that runs on a single RTX 4090 while matching larger competitors on key benchmarks.