# Ling-3.0-tiny vs North Mini Code 1.0 (slim)

> North Mini Code 1.0 scores 61 (C) to Ling-3.0-tiny's 56.2 (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 Ling-3.0-tiny's 56.2 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Ling-3.0-tiny leads on reach and documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Ling-3.0-tiny: C 56.2, rank #117 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ling-3-0-tiny.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
- Ling-3.0-tiny, good for Agents on a laptop or small GPU that want a fast local model for tool calls and short reasoning, under MIT Ahead on Reach, 95 against 85; Documentation and upkeep, 56 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 Risk, 60 against 50; Agent interface, 85 against 60.

| Category | Ling-3.0-tiny | North Mini Code 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 56 | 36 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ling-3.0-tiny | North Mini Code 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | inclusionAI (Ant Group) | Cohere |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-08-31 | 2026-07-29 |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, North Mini Code 1.0 +25: Ling-3.0-tiny 60 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); North Mini Code 1.0 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (12,397 characters).)
- Documentation and upkeep, Ling-3.0-tiny +20: Ling-3.0-tiny 56 (Model card 11, intended use, architecture, parameters and context are there, limitations, languages and a cut-off aren't.); North Mini Code 1.0 36 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.)
- Reach, Ling-3.0-tiny +10: Ling-3.0-tiny 95 (Memory earns the full 30, since inclusionAI's own Q4_K_M GGUF is 4.8 GB, about 6 GB with a fifth added.); 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.)
- Risk, North Mini Code 1.0 +10: Ling-3.0-tiny 50 (File safety gets 15, safetensors and GGUF only, but the card's vLLM command runs the repository's config code with --trust-remote-code.); North Mini Code 1.0 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.)