# North Mini Code 1.0 vs Qwen3.5-9B (slim)

> North Mini Code 1.0 and Qwen3.5-9B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 60.5 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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North Mini Code 1.0 and Qwen3.5-9B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 60.5 (C). 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
- Qwen3.5-9B: C 60.5, rank #87 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-5-9b.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 Risk, 60 against 55; Agent interface, 85 against 70.
- Qwen3.5-9B, good for Agents that want a small multimodal tool-calling model on a laptop or a 16 GB GPU, under a plain licence

| Category | North Mini Code 1.0 | Qwen3.5-9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 36 | 34 |

| Fact (where they differ) | North Mini Code 1.0 | Qwen3.5-9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Last release | 2026-07-29 | 2026-03-02 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, North Mini Code 1.0 +15: North Mini Code 1.0 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (12,397 characters).); Qwen3.5-9B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Risk, North Mini Code 1.0 +5: North Mini Code 1.0 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); Qwen3.5-9B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only and nothing from the repository runs on load or to build prompts.)