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MiniCPM-V 4.6 alternatives for the EU.

MiniCPM-V 4.6 by OpenBMB is available in the EU. Here are 8 similar tools in the same space, 8 of them verified available.

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At a glance

MiniCPM-V 4.6 compared with 8 alternatives: EU status, pricing, licence and release date
ToolEU statusPricingOpen sourceReleasedMentions
MiniCPM-V 4.6 (this)Available in EUOpen sourceNo13 Apr 20261
MiniCPM5 1BAvailable in EUOpen sourceNo21 May 20261
MiniCPM5 2BAvailable in EUOpen sourceYes6 Sept 20261
MiniMax M3Available in EUOpen sourceNo2 Jun 20264
Gemma 4 12BAvailable in EUOpen sourceNon/a2
GemmaAvailable in EUOpen sourceNoFeb 20242
Inkling SmallAvailable in EUOpen sourceNo27 Jul 20262
Spark-X2.6-1.7BAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknown19 Oct 20261
Qwen 3.5 0.8BAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a1

The alternatives, closest match first

  1. 01M1

    MiniCPM5 1B

    Model · OpenBMB

    1B-parameter dense open-weights language model from OpenBMB for on-device use, with hybrid thinking and 128K context.

    By OpenBMB. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source21 May 202634:24
  2. 02M2

    MiniCPM5 2B

    Model · OpenBMB

    Dense 2B-parameter open-weights language model from OpenBMB for on-device and edge deployment, Apache-2.0 licensed.

    By OpenBMB. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen sourceOpen source6 Sept 202637:09
  3. 03MM

    MiniMax M3

    Model · MiniMax

    Open-weights native multimodal MoE model from MiniMax, ~428B parameters (~23B active) with 1M-token context.

    By MiniMax. 4 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source2 Jun 202621:38
  4. 04G4

    Gemma 4 12B

    Model · Google

    Google's open-weights 12B encoder-free multimodal model in the Gemma 4 family, taking text, image and audio input.

    By Google. 2 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source20:24
  5. 05GE

    Gemma

    Model · Google

    Google DeepMind's family of open-weights models built from Gemini technology, from phone-sized to laptop-class variants.

    By Google. 2 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen sourceFeb 202412:48
  6. 06IS

    Inkling Small

    Model · Thinking Machines

    Open-weights multimodal MoE model (276B total, 12B active) from Thinking Machines; text, image and audio in, text out.

    By Thinking Machines. 2 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source27 Jul 202613:37
  7. 07SP

    Spark-X2.6-1.7B

    Model

    Compact 1.7B open-weights text LLM for on-device use, with adjustable thinking levels and English/Chinese support.

    Available in EUOpen source19 Oct 202650:42
  8. 08Q3

    Qwen 3.5 0.8B

    Model · Alibaba

    Small 0.8B-parameter open-weights language model in Alibaba's Qwen 3.5 family, aimed at lightweight and on-device use.

    By Alibaba. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source21:40

Frequently asked

Is MiniCPM-V 4.6 available in the EU?
MiniCPM-V 4.6 is available in the EU. Weights are downloadable from Hugging Face under Apache-2.0, which has no regional restrictions, so they can be used in the EU/EEA. No EU-specific statement was found for the hosted API.
What is the best alternative to MiniCPM-V 4.6 in the EU?
MiniCPM5 1B by OpenBMB is the closest match we track that EU users can use (available in the eu). 1B-parameter dense open-weights language model from OpenBMB for on-device use, with hybrid thinking and 128K context.
How are these alternatives chosen?
We compare tools by meaning (embeddings of their descriptions), keep those in the same category, and show only tools whose EU status is available or limited. Closest match first.

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