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North Mini Code vs Qwen3 30B A3B

North Mini Code (Cohere) and Qwen3 30B A3B (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 19 August 2026

As of 19 August 2026, North Mini Code holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#93 vs #95); North Mini Code is cheaper per output token (Free/1M vs $0.52/1M); and North Mini Code offers the longer context window (256K vs 131K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose North Mini Code if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #93 against #95 (26.4 vs 24.7 points).
  • API cost matters — Free/1M output tokens against $0.52/1M.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost Free/1M against $0.13/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 256K tokens against 131K.
  • you want the more recently listed model — North Mini Code was listed 17 June 2026, Qwen3 30B A3B 28 April 2025.

Choose Qwen3 30B A3B if…

  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 1.

North Mini Code vs Qwen3 30B A3B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of North Mini Code and Qwen3 30B A3B
FieldNorth Mini CodeCohereQwen3 30B A3BQwen
ModelCap Index position#93#95
Index score26.424.7
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensFree$0.13
Output price / 1M tokensFree$0.52
Context window256K tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens64K8K
API providers listed12
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed17 June 202628 April 2025
PublisherCohereQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: North Mini Code vs Qwen3 30B A3B

Public benchmark boards where North Mini Code or Qwen3 30B A3B has a published result
BoardNorth Mini CodeQwen3 30B A3BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—13861377–1395Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis20.2intelligence-index—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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North Mini Code vs Qwen3 30B A3B: common questions

Is North Mini Code better than Qwen3 30B A3B?

North Mini Code ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 19 August 2026: #93 against #95. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is North Mini Code cheaper than Qwen3 30B A3B?

North Mini Code is cheaper on output tokens: Free/1M against $0.52/1M. Input tokens are Free/1M for North Mini Code and $0.13/1M for Qwen3 30B A3B. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, North Mini Code or Qwen3 30B A3B?

North Mini Code has the larger context window: 256K tokens against 131K.

Which is better for coding, North Mini Code or Qwen3 30B A3B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are North Mini Code and Qwen3 30B A3B open-weight models?

North Mini Code: Open weights. Qwen3 30B A3B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run North Mini Code and Qwen3 30B A3B?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for North Mini Code and 2 for Qwen3 30B A3B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this North Mini Code vs Qwen3 30B A3B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 19 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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