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North Mini Code vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

North Mini Code (Cohere) and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (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 22 September 2026

As of 22 September 2026, Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#93 vs #96); North Mini Code is cheaper per output token (Free/1M vs $0.28/1M); and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct offers the longer context window (262K vs 256K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose North Mini Code if…

  • API cost matters — Free/1M output tokens against $0.28/1M.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost Free/1M against $0.07/1M.
  • AA τ²-Bench Telecom is your yardstick — 37.4% against 34.5%.
  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 11.1% against 3.8%.
  • you want the more recently listed model — North Mini Code was listed 17 June 2026, Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 31 July 2025.

Choose Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #93 against #96 (51.6 vs 50.9 points).
  • you need the longer context window — 262K tokens against 256K.
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 1.

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

Specification comparison of North Mini Code and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
FieldNorth Mini CodeCohereQwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#96#93
Index score50.951.6
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokensFree$0.07
Output price / 1M tokensFree$0.28
Context window256K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens64K236K
API providers listed14
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed17 June 202631 July 2025
PublisherCohereQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · publisher-corpus-prior over 201 held-out anchors (7%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 4 rows (93%); no cross-lab optimism probe available; shrunk 0.1 up toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: North Mini Code vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where North Mini Code or Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct has a published result
BoardNorth Mini CodeQwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructLeads
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis9.9intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecified—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis37.4%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="North Mini Code":reasoning=true34.5%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct":reasoning=falseNorth Mini Code
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis11.1%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="North Mini Code":reasoning=true3.8%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct":reasoning=falseNorth Mini Code

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 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: common questions

Is North Mini Code better than Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 22 September 2026: #93 against #96. 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. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is North Mini Code cheaper than Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

North Mini Code is cheaper on output tokens: Free/1M against $0.28/1M. Input tokens are Free/1M for North Mini Code and $0.07/1M for Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $0 for North Mini Code versus $0.28 for Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct. North Mini Code costs 100.0% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.

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

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct has the larger context window: 262K tokens against 256K.

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

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 Coder 30B A3B Instruct open-weight models?

North Mini Code: Open weights. Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: 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 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for North Mini Code and 4 for Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct, 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 Coder 30B A3B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 22 September 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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