Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Longcat Flash Chat
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Longcat Flash Chat in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Longcat Flash Chat leads 40.6 to 9.7.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Longcat Flash Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meituan | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 42.1 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1471 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1440 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 43.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 17.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1442 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1454 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1456 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1408 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1373 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1371 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1445 |
Instruction Following Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1411 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1425 |
Writing & Preference Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1388 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1418 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Longcat Flash Chat?
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Longcat Flash Chat better for coding?
Longcat Flash Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Longcat Flash Chat share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Longcat Flash Chat has 19.