# Cosmos-Reason2-2B vs Kronos (slim)

> Cosmos-Reason2-2B scores 59.5 (C) to Kronos's 55.2 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Cosmos-Reason2-2B scores 59.5 (C) on agent readiness against Kronos's 55.2 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Kronos leads on documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Cosmos-Reason2-2B: C 59.5, rank #63 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cosmos-reason2-2b.min.md
- Kronos: C 55.2, rank #86 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kronos.min.md
- Cosmos-Reason2-2B, good for Agents that need a small local model to reason over camera footage and images for robotics, driving or smart spaces Ahead on Reach, 65 against 55; Risk, 60 against 50; Agent interface, 65 against 60.
- Kronos, good for Agents that need a quick local forecast or synthetic sample of a candlestick series on modest hardware, for research or as one input among others. Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 61 against 39.

| Category | Cosmos-Reason2-2B | Kronos |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 65 | 55 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 39 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cosmos-Reason2-2B | Kronos |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | NVIDIA | Yu Shi (shiyu-coder, NeoQuasar), Tsinghua University |
| Licence | NVIDIA Open Model License (custom, commercial use allowed, not an OSI licence); built on Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct under Apache 2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-03-10 | 2026-04-13 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Popularity | none | 43k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | none |