# Ornith-1.5-122B vs Recursive Flint (slim)

> Ornith-1.5-122B and Recursive Flint 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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Ornith-1.5-122B and Recursive Flint score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). Recursive Flint leads on reach, risk, agent interface and documentation and upkeep. 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
- Recursive Flint: C 61, rank #54 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recursive-flint.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
- Recursive Flint, good for Agents doing repository work on a 32 to 48 GB Mac or NVIDIA box that want a sparse coder with documented tool calls and a plain licence. Ahead on Reach, 85 against 75; Risk, 60 against 50; Agent interface, 90 against 85; Documentation and upkeep, 67 against 36.

| Category | Ornith-1.5-122B | Recursive Flint |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 75 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 36 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ornith-1.5-122B | Recursive Flint |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ornith | Recursive |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-24 | 2026-10-21 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Recursive Flint +31: 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.); Recursive Flint 67 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but languages.)
- Reach, Recursive Flint +10: 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…); Recursive Flint 85 (Memory 20 of 30, Recursive's MLX INT4 build is 22.6 GB, or 27.1 GB with a fifth added, which fits 32 GB, and every other 4-bit build lands in the same band.)
- Risk, Recursive Flint +10: 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…); Recursive Flint 60 (File safety 15 of 25, safetensors and GGUF only, but the card's documented BF16 route installs the wheel shipped in the repository.)
- Agent interface, Recursive Flint +5: Ornith-1.5-122B 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Recursive Flint 90 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository and inside both GGUFs.)