Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs Longcat Flash Chat

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Longcat Flash Chat Meituan

42.1

Rank #120 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 5 categories and Longcat Flash Chat in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 27.2 to 19.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 70.6% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 17.7% for Longcat Flash Chat.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B IT and Longcat Flash Chat specifications
Gemma 4 31B ITLongcat Flash Chat
ProviderGoogleMeituan
Noometry Index43.542.1
Released2026-04-02—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.09—
Output $ / M tokens$0.34—
Results tracked3519

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Category by category

Coding Longcat Flash Chat leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Coding14591471
LMArena WebDev1366—
SciCode43.4%—
WeirdML52.3%—
ALE-Bench925.5—

Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLongcat Flash Chat
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%43.9%
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%17.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts14481440
CritPt1.4%—
Chess Puzzles5%—
Thematic Generalization53%—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74—

Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Math14651442
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%—

Knowledge Longcat Flash Chat leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Expert14651454
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
SimpleQA Verified10.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), Longcat Flash Chat: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Vision1277—
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Non-English14311404
LMArena Chinese14761465
LMArena French14351456
LMArena Russian14601395
LMArena Spanish14441445
LMArena German—1408
LMArena Japanese—1373
LMArena Korean—1371

Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Instruction Following14331411

Long Context Too close to call

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Longer Query14461425

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Text14431427
LMArena Creative Writing14151388
LMArena Multi-Turn14521418
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1368—
EQ-Bench 41120—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Longcat Flash Chat?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Longcat Flash Chat better for coding?

Longcat Flash Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 42.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Longcat Flash Chat share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Longcat Flash Chat has 19.

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