Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Longcat Flash Chat

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Longcat Flash Chat Meituan

42.1

Rank #120 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 7 categories and Longcat Flash Chat in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 19.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 97.4% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 17.7% for Longcat Flash Chat.
  • Longcat Flash Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Longcat Flash Chat specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLongcat Flash Chat
ProviderGoogleMeituan
Noometry Index56.742.1
Released2026-02-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7119

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding Longcat Flash Chat leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Coding14841471
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1447—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Longcat Flash Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLongcat Flash Chat
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLongcat Flash Chat
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%17.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851440
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—43.9%
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Math14851442
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Expert14851454
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Longcat Flash Chat: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Non-English14771404
LMArena Chinese15291465
LMArena French14871456
LMArena German14911408
LMArena Japanese14931373
LMArena Korean14551371
LMArena Russian14981395
LMArena Spanish14791445

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Instruction Following14661411

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Longer Query14831425
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Text14811427
LMArena Creative Writing14821388
LMArena Multi-Turn14881418
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Longcat Flash Chat?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Longcat Flash Chat better for coding?

Longcat Flash Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 42.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Longcat Flash Chat share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Longcat Flash Chat has 19.

Related comparisons

Go deeper