# Ornith-1.5-122B vs Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct (slim)

> Ornith-1.5-122B scores 61 (C) to Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct's 55.7 (C) 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-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct's 55.7 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct 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-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct: C 55.7, rank #119 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct.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 75; Documentation and upkeep, 36 against 31.
- Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct, good for Coding agents and local coding tools that want an open model on one 24 GB GPU or a 32 GB Mac, with a plain licence. Ahead on Reach, 90 against 75; Risk, 55 against 50.

| Category | Ornith-1.5-122B | Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 75 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 36 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ornith-1.5-122B | Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ornith | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-24 | 2025-12-03 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct +15: 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-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct 90 (Memory 25 of 30, LM Studio's MLX 4-bit build is 17.2 GB and Ollama's 4-bit build 19 GB, 21 to 23 GB with a fifth added, which fits 24 GB.)
- Agent interface, Ornith-1.5-122B +10: Ornith-1.5-122B 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct 75 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository.)
- Risk, Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct +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-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct 55 (File safety 25, safetensors weights, and the shipped parser script runs neither to load the model nor to build prompts.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Ornith-1.5-122B +5: Ornith-1.5-122B 36 (Model card 11, it covers intended use, architecture, parameters and context but not limitations, languages or a knowledge cut-off.); Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct 31 (Model card 11 of 20, intended use, architecture, parameters and context are there, but limitations, languages and a knowledge cut-off aren't.)