MiMo-VL-7B by Xiaomi is a compact but powerful VLM model excelling in multi-modal reasoning.It features a native-resolution ViT encoder, efficient MLP projector, and a language model optimized for complex reasoning.The two-phase training pipeline involves pretraining and Mixed On-policy Reinforcement Learning (MORL).MiMo-VL-7B demonstrates top-tier performance in general understanding, GUI tasks, and multi-modal reasoning.The article provides steps to install MiMo-VL-7B locally or on a GPU VM effortlessly.Prerequisites include 1x RTXA4090 or RTXA6000 GPU, 20GB storage, and Anaconda installed.Setting up a NodeShift account, creating a GPU node, and selecting configurations are part of the installation process.Creating a virtual environment using Anaconda and installing necessary dependencies are essential steps.Connecting to the GPU VM, setting up the project environment, and running the model are detailed in the guide.MiMo-VL-7B offers fine-grained visual encoding, efficient alignment, and reasoning capabilities making it ideal for multi-modal tasks.