# Devstral Small 2 vs North Mini Code 1.0 (slim)

> Devstral Small 2 and North Mini Code 1.0 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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Devstral Small 2 and North Mini Code 1.0 score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). North Mini Code 1.0 leads on agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Devstral Small 2: C 61, rank #60 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devstral-small-2.min.md
- North Mini Code 1.0: C 61, rank #80 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/north-mini-code-1-0.min.md
- Devstral Small 2, good for Developers who want a dependable local coding agent on one consumer GPU or a 32 GB Mac Ahead on Reach, 90 against 85; Documentation and upkeep, 46 against 36.
- North Mini Code 1.0, good for Developers who want a coding agent on their own GPU with a permissive licence Ahead on Agent interface, 85 against 65.

| Category | Devstral Small 2 | North Mini Code 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 36 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Devstral Small 2 | North Mini Code 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mistral AI | Cohere |
| Last release | 2026-07-15 | 2026-07-29 |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, North Mini Code 1.0 +20: Devstral Small 2 65 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (11,362 characters), with the tokenizer's tekken file for mistral-common.); North Mini Code 1.0 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (12,397 characters).)
- Documentation and upkeep, Devstral Small 2 +10: Devstral Small 2 46 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.); North Mini Code 1.0 36 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.)
- Reach, Devstral Small 2 +5: Devstral Small 2 90 (Memory 25, the smallest build at 4 bits from a runtime's own library is Ollama's devstral-small-2 at Q4_K_M, 15 GB, and 15 GB × 1.2 = 18 GB, within 24 GB.); North Mini Code 1.0 85 (Memory 25, the smallest build from Cohere is the w4a16 repository, 19.38 GB, and 19.38 GB × 1.2 = 23.3 GB, within 24 GB.)