# North Mini Code 1.0 vs Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next (slim)

> North Mini Code 1.0 scores 61 (C) to Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next's 54.2 (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 Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next's 54.2 (C), and leads in 3 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
- Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: C 54.2, rank #132 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swift-1-5-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 60.
- Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, good for Teams under US$1M revenue, or researchers, with an 8-GPU node who want Qwen3.8-Flash-Next with shorter thinking for coding and agent work.

| Category | North Mini Code 1.0 | Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 65 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 45 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 36 | 40 |

| Fact (where they differ) | North Mini Code 1.0 | Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cohere | UkisAI |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Swift Open License v1.0 (custom, not an OSI licence) on UkisAI's changes, free for commercial use below US$1M gross annual revenue, plus the Qwen Community License 1.0 on the base, which needs a separate licence from Qwen for a Model as a Service or AI Work Assistant business and the model name shown above 100M monthly users or US$20M monthly revenue |
| Last release | 2026-07-29 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | none | 1.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, North Mini Code 1.0 +25: North Mini Code 1.0 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (12,397 characters).); Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 60 (Chat template 20, the base's Jinja file.)
- 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.); Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 65 (Memory 5 of 30, the smallest 4-bit build is UkisAI's IQ4_XS GGUF at 98.6 GB with the vision projector, 118.3 GB with a fifth, above the reference machine's GPU…)
- 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.); Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 45 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no code in the repository, though the card's vLLM command passes trust-remote-code.)