# MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs Ornith-1.5-9B (slim)

> Ornith-1.5-9B scores 61 (C) to MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 50.5 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Ornith-1.5-9B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 50.5 (D), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash leads on documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash: D 50.5, rank #99 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-m3-1-flash.min.md
- Ornith-1.5-9B: C 61, rank #47 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ornith-1-5-9b.min.md
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, good for Teams with a 4 to 8 GPU server who want an open multimodal agent and coding model with 1M tokens of context and can meet the licence's attribution and notice terms. Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 41 against 31.
- Ornith-1.5-9B, good for Local coding and terminal agents on a laptop or a single consumer GPU, where a clear licence file and an answering publisher aren't required Ahead on Reach, 95 against 40; Risk, 50 against 35; Agent interface, 85 against 70.

| Category | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 95 |
| Risk (20%) | 35 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 41 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | MiniMax | Ornith |
| Licence | MiniMax Community License (custom; commercial use needs a "Built with MiniMax M3.1-Flash" line and a one-time notice to MiniMax, and MiniMax's written authorisation above $20M yearly revenue) | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-08-23 |