# MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B (slim)

> Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B 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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Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B 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 agent interface. 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
- Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B: C 61, rank #53 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swift-1-5-qwen3-8-27b.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 Agent interface, 70 against 60.
- Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B, good for Agents on a 24 to 32 GB GPU or Mac that want Qwen3.8-27B's skills with shorter thinking, for teams under US$1M revenue or research. Ahead on Reach, 80 against 40; Risk, 50 against 35.

| Category | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 80 |
| Risk (20%) | 35 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 41 | 43 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | MiniMax | UkisAI |
| 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) | Swift Open License v1.0 (custom, not an OSI licence) on UkisAI's changes, free for commercial use below US$1M gross annual revenue with a separate Swift Enterprise License above it. Built on Qwen3.8-27B, whose Apache 2.0 still governs the base |
| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |