# LongCat-2.5 vs Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct (slim)

> Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct scores 55.7 (C) to LongCat-2.5's 50.5 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct scores 55.7 (C) on agent readiness against LongCat-2.5's 50.5 (D), and leads in 1 of 4 scored categories. LongCat-2.5 leads on risk and documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LongCat-2.5: D 50.5, rank #145 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/longcat-2-5.min.md
- Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct: C 55.7, rank #119 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct.min.md
- LongCat-2.5, good for Operators with NPU clusters, and anyone tracking what the open flagships can do Ahead on Risk, 60 against 55; Documentation and upkeep, 46 against 31.
- Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct, good for Coding agents and local coding tools that want an open model on one 24 GB GPU or a 32 GB Mac, with a plain licence. Ahead on Reach, 90 against 35.

| Category | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 35 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 75 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LongCat-2.5 | Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Meituan (LongCat) | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-11-10 | 2025-12-03 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no document linked |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct +55: LongCat-2.5 35 (Memory 0, the smallest build is Meituan's W4A4 repository, 1,336 GB, and 1,336 GB × 1.2 = 1,603 GB, far above 256 GB.); Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct 90 (Memory 25 of 30, LM Studio's MLX 4-bit build is 17.2 GB and Ollama's 4-bit build 19 GB, 21 to 23 GB with a fifth added, which fits 24 GB.)
- Documentation and upkeep, LongCat-2.5 +15: LongCat-2.5 46 (Model card 11, Intended use, limitations (the usage considerations), the architecture and the parameter counts are on the card.); Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct 31 (Model card 11 of 20, intended use, architecture, parameters and context are there, but limitations, languages and a knowledge cut-off aren't.)
- Risk, LongCat-2.5 +5: LongCat-2.5 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct 55 (File safety 25, safetensors weights, and the shipped parser script runs neither to load the model nor to build prompts.)