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Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Longcat Flash Chat

Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Longcat Flash Chat Meituan

42.1

Rank #120 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 0 categories and Longcat Flash Chat in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Longcat Flash Chat leads 39.4 to 24.1.
  • Longcat Flash Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniLongcat Flash Chat
ProviderOpenAIMeituan
Noometry Index33.642.1
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$1.60—
Results tracked4719

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Category by category

Coding Longcat Flash Chat leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Coding13671471
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55), Longcat Flash Chat: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniLongcat Flash Chat
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning Longcat Flash Chat leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniLongcat Flash Chat
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%43.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts13491440
ARC-AGI-20%—
NYT Connections (extended)—17.7%
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math Longcat Flash Chat leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Math13431442
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Longcat Flash Chat leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Expert13381454
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), Longcat Flash Chat: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual Longcat Flash Chat leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Non-English13181404
LMArena Chinese13291465
LMArena French13581456
LMArena German13511408
LMArena Japanese12901373
LMArena Korean12981371
LMArena Russian13241395
LMArena Spanish13191445

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Instruction Following13331411
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Longcat Flash Chat leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Longer Query13441425
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Longcat Flash Chat leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Text13401427
LMArena Creative Writing13001388
LMArena Multi-Turn13541418
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Longcat Flash Chat?

Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Longcat Flash Chat better for coding?

Longcat Flash Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Longcat Flash Chat share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Longcat Flash Chat has 19.

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