# North Mini Code 1.0 vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next (slim)

> Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and North Mini Code 1.0 score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61.8 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and North Mini Code 1.0 score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61.8 (C) and 61 (C). North Mini Code 1.0 leads on reach, risk and agent interface. 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
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: C 61.8, rank #34 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-8-flash-next.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 45; Agent interface, 85 against 70.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, good for Teams with a multi-GPU server or a 128 GB Mac who want Qwen's newest sparse architecture for agentic coding and multimodal work, and aren't a hosted-model or coding-assistant business.

| Category | North Mini Code 1.0 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 65 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 45 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 36 | 36 |

| Fact (where they differ) | North Mini Code 1.0 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Qwen Community License 1.0 (custom, not an OSI licence). Free of charge, the model name shown in products above 100M monthly users or US$20M monthly revenue, and a separate licence from Qwen before commercial use by a Model as a Service or AI Work Assistant business |
| Last release | 2026-07-29 | 2026-08-31 |
| 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.); Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 65 (Memory 5 of 30, the smallest listed 4-bit build is Ollama's 120 GB q4_K_M, 144 GB with a fifth added, which is beyond the reference machine and inside 256 GB.)
- Risk, North Mini Code 1.0 +15: North Mini Code 1.0 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 45 (File safety 25, safetensors only and nothing from the repository runs to load it or build prompts.)
- 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).); Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)