# Kronos vs Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct (slim)

> Kronos and Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 55.2 and 54.9 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Kronos and Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 55.2 (C) and 54.9 (C). Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct leads on reach and risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Kronos: C 55.2, rank #86 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kronos.min.md
- Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct: C 54.9, rank #88 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct.min.md
- 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 31.
- Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct, good for An agent with 8 GB or more to spare that needs a local model to read images, documents and video Ahead on Reach, 100 against 55; Risk, 55 against 50.

| Category | Kronos | Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 55 | 100 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 61 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kronos | Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Yu Shi (shiyu-coder, NeoQuasar), Tsinghua University | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-04-13 | 2025-11-01 |
| Popularity | 43k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |