MiniCPM-V 2.6
OpenBMBOpenApache 2.0
MiniCPM-V 2.6 is a vision-language model from OpenBMB. It ranks 165 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 912±16 from 1,987 votes. License: Apache 2.0.
Key figures
- Developer
- OpenBMB
- License
- Apache 2.0
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: OCR, Diagrams, Homework, Captioning, Entity recognition, Creative writing, Humor, Chinese.
Who it suits
- Overall #165 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Open weights (Apache 2.0): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | Nnvila-internal-15b-v1 NVIDIA | 940 | 1,077 | - | +28 |
| 162 | LLLaVA 1.6 34B | 936 | 4,531 | Apache 2.0 | +24 |
| 163 |  CogVLM2 Llama3 Chat 19B Z.ai | 928 | 1,991 | CogVLM2 | +16 |
| 164 | LLLaVA-OneVision Qwen2 72B OV | 923 | 1,321 | Apache 2.0 | +11 |
| 165 | OMiniCPM-V 2.6 OpenBMB | 912 | 1,987 | Apache 2.0 | |
| 166 | MPhi-3.5 Vision Instruct Microsoft | 851 | 2,592 | MIT | -61 |
| 167 | MPhi-3 Vision 128K Instruct Microsoft | 812 | 1,401 | MIT | -100 |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 |  Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does MiniCPM-V 2.6 rank among vision models?
Overall rank 165 (912); English rank 165 (949) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is MiniCPM-V 2.6 at OCR?
MiniCPM-V 2.6 is not on LMArena’s OCR board yet, so there is no score to cite.
Is MiniCPM-V 2.6 open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as Apache 2.0, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is MiniCPM-V 2.6 from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); MiniCPM-V 2.6 has 912, 413 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.