North Mini Code is Cohere's first agentic coding model and the debut of its North family. A sparse mixture-of-experts model with 30B total parameters and 3B active, it is optimized...
Model details →Cohere: North Mini Code (free) vs Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)
Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Gemma 4 31B Instruct is Google DeepMind's 30.7B dense multimodal model supporting text and image input with text output. Features a 256K token context window, configurable thinking/reasoning mode, native function...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Cohere: North Mini Code (free) | Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 262K | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.00 | Tie |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.00 | Tie |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Cohere: North Mini Code (free) better than Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)?
Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Cohere: North Mini Code (free) and Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)?
Input: $0.00 vs $0.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.00 vs $0.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Cohere: North Mini Code (free) and Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) support?
Cohere: North Mini Code (free) supports up to 256K tokens. Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Cohere: North Mini Code (free) and Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) support tool calling?
Cohere: North Mini Code (free): yes. Google: Gemma 4 31B (free): yes.
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