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North Mini Code

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

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Canonical slug: north-mini-code · Canonical model registry at build time

Intelligence

21 score

Speed

115.5 output tokens/sec

Latency

0.30s TTFT

Input Price

$0.00

Output Price

$0.00

Executive Assessment

Routing Verdict & Tradeoffs

Ethen Routing Verdict

Strong general-purpose model

North Mini Code scores 21 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 9). North Mini Code generates output at 115.5 tokens per second (based on Cohere's API), which is above average compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 101.0 t/s).

Suitable for most production tasks, but high-volume or repetitive work should still be compared against cheaper routes.

Task Fit Assessment

WorkloadRatingNotes
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsoptimalIntelligence score 21 supports capable reasoning, but very hard tasks may benefit from higher-tier models.
High-volume chat & customer-facingoptimalOutput speed 115.5 tokens/sec and capable intelligence make this suitable for real-time chat at scale.
Latency-sensitive applicationsoptimalTTFT 0.30s — among the lowest latencies, suitable for interactive latency-critical use cases.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesoptimalOutput pricing at $0.00 is very competitive for high-volume workloads.

Cost Pressure Analysis

Low

Pricing is competitive — input $0.00, output $0.00. Suitable for sustained production use.

Technical Specifications

Architecture and Limits

SpecificationValueValidation Authority
Model typeOpen weightsinferred
ReasoningYesfaq
Input modalitiesNorth Mini Code supports text input.faq
Output modalitiesNorth Mini Code supports text output.faq
Context window260k tokensfaq
Open weights / sourceYes, North Mini Code is open weights. The model weights are publicly available.faq
ParametersNorth Mini Code has 30 billion parameters (3 billion active).faq
Active parametersNorth Mini Code is a Mixture of Experts (MoE) model with 30 billion total parameters, but only 3 billion active parameters are used during inference.faq
LicenseNorth Mini Code is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use.faq
API availabilityYes, North Mini Code is available via API through 1 provider.faq

Evidence charts

Profile visualizations

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AA-Omniscience Index

AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

-50050Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4040AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2323GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 2020AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 1818xGrok 4.3 (high)Kimi K2.6: 6.46.4KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4.14.1?Muse SparkGLM-5.2 (max): 44?GLM-5.2 (max)MiniMax-M3: 1.41.4?MiniMax-M3Nemotron 3 Ultra: -0.8-0.8NNemotron 3 UltraDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): -10-10DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)North Mini Code: -49.1-49.1?North Mini Code

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)North Mini Code: 2121?North Mini Code

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)North Mini Code: 2121?North Mini Code

Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score

Openness Index assesses model openness on a 0 to 100 normalized scale (higher is more open) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

050100Nemotron 3 Ultra: 8383NNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 8383NNVIDIA Nemotron 3 NanoDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 5050DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Magistral Small 1.2: 5050?Magistral Small 1.2GLM-5.2 (max): 4444?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3 30B A3B 2507: 4444QQwen3 30B A3B 2507North Mini Code: 4242?North Mini Codegpt-oss-120b (high): 3939AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Qwen3.6 27B: 3939QQwen3.6 27BQwen3.6 35B A3B: 3939QQwen3.6 35B A3B

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)North Mini Code: 2121?North Mini Code

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)gpt-oss-20b (high): 195195AIgpt-oss-20b (high)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashMistral Small 3.1: 171171MiMistral Small 3.1Qwen3.6 35B A3B: 166166QQwen3.6 35B A3BGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Qwen3 30B A3B 2507: 131131QQwen3 30B A3B 2507North Mini Code: 115115?North Mini Code

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)North Mini Code: 115115?North Mini CodeMiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0s15s30s45s60sGemma 4 31B: 15s15s?Gemma 4 31BQwen3.5 9B: 8.4s8.4sQQwen3.5 9BQwen3.6 27B: 8.3s8.3sQQwen3.6 27BDevstral Small 2: 7.4s7.4s?Devstral Small 2Kimi K2.6: 6.6s6.6sKKimi K2.6Ministral 3 14B: 6.4s6.4s?Ministral 3 14BMagistral Small 1.2: 6.2s6.2s?Magistral Small 1.2Qwen3 32B: 5.4s5.4sQQwen3 32BMiniMax-M3: 5s5s?MiniMax-M3NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 4.6s4.6sNNVIDIA Nemotron 3 NanoNorth Mini Code: 4.3s4.3s?North Mini Code

Latency: Time To First Answer Token

Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0s15s30s45s60sKimi K2.6: 58s58sKKimi K2.6Gemma 4 31B: 51s51s?Gemma 4 31BQwen3.5 9B: 34s34sQQwen3.5 9BQwen3.6 35B A3B: 33s33sQQwen3.6 35B A3BMagistral Small 1.2: 25s25s?Magistral Small 1.2Qwen3 32B: 21s21sQQwen3 32BMiniMax-M3: 20s20s?MiniMax-M3NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 18s18sNNVIDIA Nemotron 3 NanoNorth Mini Code: 17s17s?North Mini CodeQwen3 30B A3B 2507: 15s15sQQwen3 30B A3B 2507

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0250k500k750k1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 1M1MNNVIDIA Nemotron 3 NanoGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 262k262kNNemotron 3 UltraMuse Spark: 262k262k?Muse SparkNorth Mini Code: 256k256k?North Mini Code

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

00.51GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 27B: 00QQwen3.6 27BGLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3.6 27B: 00QQwen3.6 27BKimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Qwen3.6 35B A3B: 00QQwen3.6 35B A3BNemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax-M3: 00?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 00xGrok 4.3 (high)

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

050100150200Qwen3.6 35B A3B: 165165QQwen3.6 35B A3BGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 27B: 8888QQwen3.6 27BNemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3.6 27B: 2828QQwen3.6 27BKimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6MiniMax-M3: 1515?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 1313xGrok 4.3 (high)

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0250k500k750k1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 1111GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 32B: 9.19.1QQwen3 32BGLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 5.15.1KKimi K2.6Qwen3.6 27B: 4.24.2QQwen3.6 27BQwen3.6 27B: 4.24.2QQwen3.6 27BGrok 4.3 (high): 44xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3.63.6NNemotron 3 UltraQwen3 30B A3B 2507: 2.62.6QQwen3 30B A3B 2507Magistral Small 1.2: 22?Magistral Small 1.2cache Hitinputoutput

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

02468DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 6.86.8DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Qwen3.6 27B: 6.56.5QQwen3.6 27BGemma 4 31B: 5.55.5?Gemma 4 31BClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4.84.8AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…MiniMax-M3: 3.93.9?MiniMax-M3NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 3.23.2NNVIDIA Nemotron 3 NanoGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 33AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Qwen3.6 27B: 33QQwen3.6 27BGLM-5.2 (max): 2.82.8?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3.6 35B A3B: 2.62.6QQwen3.6 35B A3B

Model Size: Total and Active Parameters

Comparison between total model parameters and parameters active during inference · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0250k500k750k1MDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1.6k1.6kDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 1k1kKKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): 753753?GLM-5.2 (max)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 550550NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax-M3: 428428?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): 117117AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Qwen3.6 35B A3B: 3636QQwen3.6 35B A3BQwen3 32B: 3333QQwen3 32BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 3232NNVIDIA Nemotron 3 NanoGemma 4 31B: 3131?Gemma 4 31BNorth Mini Code: 3030?North Mini Codepassive Paramsactive Params

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North Mini Code was released on June 9, 2026.

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