# OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT vs Ripple-65B Preview (slim)

> OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT scores 56.8 (C) to Ripple-65B Preview's 53.3 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT scores 56.8 (C) on agent readiness against Ripple-65B Preview's 53.3 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Ripple-65B Preview leads on agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT: C 56.8, rank #111 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/otel-2-0-llm-31b-it.min.md
- Ripple-65B Preview: D 53.3, rank #135 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ripple-65b-preview.min.md
- OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT, good for Telecoms teams that want an open model for standards questions and RAG on their own hardware Ahead on Reach, 50 against 45; Documentation and upkeep, 74 against 49.
- Ripple-65B Preview, good for Teams with Blackwell GPUs or a DGX Spark who want an Apache 2.0 coding model to try for terminal and agentic coding work, and can run the publisher's code to serve it. Ahead on Agent interface, 75 against 60.

| Category | OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT | Ripple-65B Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 50 | 45 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 74 | 49 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT | Ripple-65B Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | AT&T (Open Telco AI) | Ricursive Intelligence |
| Last release | 2026-11-01 | 2026-11-04 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | not read yet |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT +25: OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 74 (Model card 14, Intended use, a long limitations section, the architecture and training method, the parameters (31B) and the language (English) are on the card.); Ripple-65B Preview 49 (Model card 14 of 20, no limitations and no knowledge cut-off.)
- Agent interface, Ripple-65B Preview +15: OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository, 19,300 characters, the publisher's own.); Ripple-65B Preview 75 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository.)
- Reach, OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT +5: OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 50 (Memory 10, the publisher's only build is the BF16 safetensors, 62.55 GB for the 15 shards the index names, and 62.55 GB × 1.2 = 75.1 GB, above 64 GB and inside…); Ripple-65B Preview 45 (Memory 10 of 30, the smallest 4-bit build is Ricursive's NVFP4 at 57.2 GB, 68.7 GB with a fifth added, which is over 64 GB and fits our reference machine.)