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KAT-Coder-Pro V2 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

KAT-Coder-Pro V2 (Kuaishou) and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#56 vs #57); KAT-Coder-Pro V2 is 1.6× cheaper per output token ($1.20/1M vs $1.90/1M); and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose KAT-Coder-Pro V2 if…

  • API cost matters — $1.20/1M output tokens against $1.90/1M, about 1.6× cheaper.
  • AA Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 33.7 against 14.4.
  • AA τ²-Bench Telecom is your yardstick — 89.5% against 35.1%.
  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 16.1% against 6.6%.
  • you want the more recently listed model — KAT-Coder-Pro V2 was listed 27 March 2026, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 23 September 2025.

Choose Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #56 against #57 (46.5 vs 46.3 points).
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.21/1M against $0.30/1M.
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct ships open weights while KAT-Coder-Pro V2 is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 1.

KAT-Coder-Pro V2 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of KAT-Coder-Pro V2 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
FieldKAT-Coder-Pro V2KuaishouQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#57#56
Index score46.346.5
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.30$0.21
Output price / 1M tokens$1.20$1.90
Context window262K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens144K33K
API providers listed15
Weight accessAPI onlyOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
First listed27 March 202623 September 2025
PublisherKuaishouQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: KAT-Coder-Pro V2 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where KAT-Coder-Pro V2 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct has a published result
BoardKAT-Coder-Pro V2Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14641451–1477Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis33.7intelligence-index14.4intelligence-indexKAT-Coder-Pro V2
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis70.0%terminal-bench-2.1—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis89.5%tau2-bench-telecom35.1%tau2-bench-telecomKAT-Coder-Pro V2
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis16.1%humanitys-last-exam6.6%humanitys-last-examKAT-Coder-Pro V2

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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KAT-Coder-Pro V2 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: common questions

Is KAT-Coder-Pro V2 better than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #56 against #57. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is KAT-Coder-Pro V2 cheaper than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

KAT-Coder-Pro V2 is cheaper on output tokens: $1.20/1M against $1.90/1M. Input tokens are $0.30/1M for KAT-Coder-Pro V2 and $0.21/1M for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, KAT-Coder-Pro V2 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, KAT-Coder-Pro V2 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are KAT-Coder-Pro V2 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct open-weight models?

KAT-Coder-Pro V2: API only. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run KAT-Coder-Pro V2 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for KAT-Coder-Pro V2 and 5 for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this KAT-Coder-Pro V2 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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