# North Mini Code 1.0 vs Ornith-1.5-397B (slim)

> North Mini Code 1.0 scores 61 (C) to Ornith-1.5-397B's 59 (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 Ornith-1.5-397B's 59 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- 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
- Ornith-1.5-397B: C 59, rank #100 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ornith-1-5-397b.min.md
- 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 65; Risk, 60 against 50.
- Ornith-1.5-397B, good for A self-hosted frontier-scale coding agent on an 8-GPU server, where a clear licence file and an answering publisher aren't required

| Category | North Mini Code 1.0 | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 65 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 36 | 36 |

| Fact (where they differ) | North Mini Code 1.0 | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cohere | Ornith |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-07-29 | 2026-08-23 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, North Mini Code 1.0 +20: 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.); Ornith-1.5-397B 65 (Memory 0, since the smallest 4-bit build, Ollama's at 242 GB, needs about 290 GB with the fifth added, above the 256 GB band, and Ornith's own Q4_K_M GGUF and N…)
- Risk, North Mini Code 1.0 +10: North Mini Code 1.0 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); Ornith-1.5-397B 50 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only and no Python in any of Ornith's repositories for this size, so the card's --trust-remote-code flag loads nothing from…)