Model comparison
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Longcat Flash Chat
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Longcat Flash Chat score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.5 vs 42.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Longcat Flash Chat in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Longcat Flash Chat leads 39.4 to 25.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 60.4% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 17.7% for Longcat Flash Chat.
- Longcat Flash Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Longcat Flash Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meituan | |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 42.1 |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 39 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1453 | 1471 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1440 | — |
| SciCode | 41.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 39% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 765.27 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Longcat Flash Chat: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 29.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 10% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 60.4% | 17.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1441 | 1440 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 10.3% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 43.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 53.5% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 22% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 19% | — |
| DTBench | 83.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.13 | — |
Math Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1433 | 1442 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 26% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 0% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | — |
| ProofBench | 13% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1435 | 1454 |
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Longcat Flash Chat: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1268 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1469 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1451 | 1456 |
| LMArena German | 1454 | 1408 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1427 | 1373 |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | 1371 |
| LMArena Russian | 1443 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1442 | 1445 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1411 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | 1425 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1435 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1420 | 1388 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | 1418 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1559 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Longcat Flash Chat?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Longcat Flash Chat score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.5 vs 42.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Longcat Flash Chat better for coding?
Longcat Flash Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Longcat Flash Chat share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Longcat Flash Chat has 19.