# Ornith-1.5-122B vs Qwen3.5-2B (slim)

> Ornith-1.5-122B scores 61 (C) to Qwen3.5-2B's 50.5 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Ornith-1.5-122B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Qwen3.5-2B's 50.5 (D), and leads in 1 of 4 scored categories. Qwen3.5-2B leads on reach and risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Ornith-1.5-122B: C 61, rank #81 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ornith-1-5-122b.min.md
- Qwen3.5-2B: D 50.5, rank #144 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-5-2b.min.md
- Ornith-1.5-122B, good for Local coding and terminal agents on a 128 GB unified-memory machine or a 96 GB GPU setup, where a clear licence file and an answering publisher aren't required Ahead on Agent interface, 85 against 60.
- Qwen3.5-2B, good for Builders who want a cheap local helper or fine-tuning base for narrow tasks and image reading on a laptop, small GPU or CPU Ahead on Reach, 80 against 75; Risk, 55 against 50.

| Category | Ornith-1.5-122B | Qwen3.5-2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 75 | 80 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 36 | 37 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ornith-1.5-122B | Qwen3.5-2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ornith | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-24 | 2026-03-02 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, Ornith-1.5-122B +25: Ornith-1.5-122B 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Qwen3.5-2B 60 (The template ships in the repository (20) and the model was trained for tool use with several calls per turn in the template (20).)
- Reach, Qwen3.5-2B +5: Ornith-1.5-122B 75 (Memory 10, since Ornith's own MLX 4-bit build is 69.7 GB and needs about 83.6 GB with the fifth added, over 64 GB and inside the reference machine's 107.4 GB, a…); Qwen3.5-2B 80 (Memory earns the full 30, since LM Studio's Q4_K_M GGUF with its vision projector is 1.94 GB, about 2.3 GB with the fifth added (Ollama's Q4_K_M build was 1.9 G…)
- Risk, Qwen3.5-2B +5: Ornith-1.5-122B 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…); Qwen3.5-2B 55 (Safetensors only with no remote code gives file safety its 25, and files in the Qwen organisation the publisher's GitHub links to, each with a hash on the Hub…)