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North Mini Code vs Qwen3 Max Thinking

North Mini Code (Cohere) and Qwen3 Max Thinking (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 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, Qwen3 Max Thinking holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#64 vs #96); North Mini Code is cheaper per output token (Free/1M vs $3.90/1M); Qwen3 Max Thinking offers the longer context window (262K vs 256K tokens); and North Mini Code ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose North Mini Code if…

  • API cost matters — Free/1M output tokens against $3.90/1M.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost Free/1M against $0.78/1M.
  • you want to self-host: North Mini Code ships open weights while Qwen3 Max Thinking is api only.
  • you want the more recently listed model — North Mini Code was listed 17 June 2026, Qwen3 Max Thinking 9 February 2026.

Choose Qwen3 Max Thinking if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #64 against #96 (42.3 vs 26.8 points).
  • you need the longer context window — 262K tokens against 256K.
  • AA Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 32.5 against 20.2.
  • AA τ²-Bench Telecom is your yardstick — 83.6% against 37.4%.
  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 28.0% against 11.1%.

North Mini Code vs Qwen3 Max Thinking: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of North Mini Code and Qwen3 Max Thinking
FieldNorth Mini CodeCohereQwen3 Max ThinkingQwen
ModelCap Index position#96#64
Index score26.842.3
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensFree$0.78
Output price / 1M tokensFree$3.90
Context window256K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens64K66K
API providers listed11
Weight accessOpen weightsAPI only
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed17 June 20269 February 2026
PublisherCohereQwen

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

Benchmark scores: North Mini Code vs Qwen3 Max Thinking

Public benchmark boards where North Mini Code or Qwen3 Max Thinking has a published result
BoardNorth Mini CodeQwen3 Max ThinkingLeads
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis20.2intelligence-index32.5intelligence-indexQwen3 Max Thinking
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis35.6%terminal-bench-2.1—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis37.4%tau2-bench-telecom83.6%tau2-bench-telecomQwen3 Max Thinking
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis11.1%humanitys-last-exam28.0%humanitys-last-examQwen3 Max Thinking

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 Max Thinking: common questions

Is North Mini Code better than Qwen3 Max Thinking?

Qwen3 Max Thinking ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #64 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.

Is North Mini Code cheaper than Qwen3 Max Thinking?

North Mini Code is cheaper on output tokens: Free/1M against $3.90/1M. Input tokens are Free/1M for North Mini Code and $0.78/1M for Qwen3 Max Thinking. 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 Max Thinking?

Qwen3 Max Thinking has the larger context window: 262K tokens against 256K.

Which is better for coding, North Mini Code or Qwen3 Max Thinking?

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 Max Thinking open-weight models?

North Mini Code: Open weights. Qwen3 Max Thinking: API only. 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 Max Thinking?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for North Mini Code and 1 for Qwen3 Max Thinking, 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 Max Thinking comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 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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