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

> North Mini Code 1.0 scores 61 (C) to Inkling 2 Small's 58.8 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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North Mini Code 1.0 scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Inkling 2 Small's 58.8 (C), and leads in 1 of 4 scored categories. Inkling 2 Small leads on risk and documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Inkling 2 Small: C 58.8, rank #102 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling-2-small.min.md
- North Mini Code 1.0: C 61, rank #80 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/north-mini-code-1-0.min.md
- Inkling 2 Small, good for Teams with 512 GB or more of datacentre GPU memory who want Thinking Machines' newest open multimodal agent model and can run a runtime's pre-release image. Ahead on Risk, 65 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 67 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 Reach, 85 against 40.

| Category | Inkling 2 Small | North Mini Code 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 36 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling 2 Small | North Mini Code 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | Cohere |
| Last release | 2026-11-12 | 2026-07-29 |

Why the edge:
- Reach, North Mini Code 1.0 +45: Inkling 2 Small 40 (Memory 0 of 30, the smallest build is Thinking Machines' NVFP4 checkpoint at 393.5 GB, about 472 GB with a fifth added, above the 256 GB line.); 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.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Inkling 2 Small +31: Inkling 2 Small 67 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but a dated knowledge cut-off.); North Mini Code 1.0 36 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.)
- Risk, Inkling 2 Small +5: Inkling 2 Small 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.); North Mini Code 1.0 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.)