# North Mini Code 1.0 vs Spark-X2.6-4B (slim)

> North Mini Code 1.0 and Spark-X2.6-4B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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North Mini Code 1.0 and Spark-X2.6-4B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). Spark-X2.6-4B leads on documentation and upkeep. 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
- Spark-X2.6-4B: C 61, rank #56 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spark-x2-6-4b.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 50; Agent interface, 85 against 70.
- Spark-X2.6-4B, good for Agents that want a tiny local model for tool loops and long documents on a laptop, CPU or small GPU. Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 51 against 36.

| Category | North Mini Code 1.0 | Spark-X2.6-4B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 36 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | North Mini Code 1.0 | Spark-X2.6-4B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cohere | SparkLLM (XHToken) |
| Last release | 2026-07-29 | 2026-10-20 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (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).); Spark-X2.6-4B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Spark-X2.6-4B +15: North Mini Code 1.0 36 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.); Spark-X2.6-4B 51 (Model card 11 of 20, intended use, parameters, context and languages, with no limitations, cut-off or architecture description of its own.)
- 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.); Spark-X2.6-4B 50 (File safety 15 of 25, safetensors and GGUF only, but the card's Transformers and vLLM routes run the repository's Python.)