# Apodex-1.1-mini vs ZAYA1-8B (slim)

> Apodex-1.1-mini and ZAYA1-8B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Apodex-1.1-mini and ZAYA1-8B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). ZAYA1-8B leads on documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Apodex-1.1-mini: C 61, rank #41 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apodex-1-1-mini.min.md
- ZAYA1-8B: C 61, rank #85 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zaya1-8b.min.md
- Apodex-1.1-mini, good for Long-running agent tasks with tools on a 32 GB GPU or Mac, or through Apodex's API, under a plain licence Ahead on Reach, 85 against 80; Risk, 65 against 55; Agent interface, 85 against 60.
- ZAYA1-8B, good for People who want a small, fast reasoning model for maths and code and can live without tool calling Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 50 against 38.

| Category | Apodex-1.1-mini | ZAYA1-8B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 80 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 38 | 50 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Apodex-1.1-mini | ZAYA1-8B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Apodex AI | Zyphra |
| Last release | 2026-08-25 | 2026-07-02 |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, Apodex-1.1-mini +25: Apodex-1.1-mini 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); ZAYA1-8B 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (10,700 characters).)
- Documentation and upkeep, ZAYA1-8B +12: Apodex-1.1-mini 38 (Model card 8, it covers intended use, context and languages but not the architecture, parameters, limitations or a knowledge cut-off.); ZAYA1-8B 50 (Model card 5, Intended use and the parameter counts are on the card.)
- Risk, Apodex-1.1-mini +10: Apodex-1.1-mini 65 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only and nothing from the repositories runs.); ZAYA1-8B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.)
- Reach, Apodex-1.1-mini +5: Apodex-1.1-mini 85 (Memory 20, Apodex's Q4_K_M GGUF with its vision projector is 22.6 GB and needs about 27.1 GB with the fifth added, so 32 GB, as do its NVFP4 and GPTQ-Int4 build…); ZAYA1-8B 80 (Memory 30, the smallest build from Zyphra is the MXFP4-Experts repository, 5.85 GB, and 5.85 GB × 1.2 = 7.0 GB, within 16 GB.)