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 LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free)
Cohere: North Mini Code (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking is a lightweight reasoning-focused model optimized for agentic tasks, data extraction, and RAG—while still running comfortably on edge devices. It supports long context (up to 32K tokens) and is designed to provide high…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Cohere: North Mini Code (free) | LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 33K | 🏆 Cohere: North Mini Code (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 | — | 🏆 Cohere: North Mini Code (free) |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Cohere: North Mini Code (free) better than LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free)?
Cohere: North Mini Code (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 LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (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 LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free) support?
Cohere: North Mini Code (free) supports up to 256K tokens. LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free) supports up to 33K tokens.
Do both Cohere: North Mini Code (free) and LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free) support tool calling?
Cohere: North Mini Code (free): yes. LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free): not advertised.