Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Longcat Flash Chat

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

Longcat Flash Chat Meituan

42.1

Rank #120 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Longcat Flash Chat in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.2 leads 50.2 to 19.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 83.6% for GPT-5.2 and 17.7% for Longcat Flash Chat.
  • Longcat Flash Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Longcat Flash Chat specifications
GPT-5.2Longcat Flash Chat
ProviderOpenAIMeituan
Noometry Index54.142.1
Released2025-12-11—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked6719

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Longcat Flash Chat
LMArena Coding14471471
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1416—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), Longcat Flash Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Longcat Flash Chat
Terminal-Bench64.9%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.9%—
GDPval49.7%—
Remote Labor Index2.5%—
τ²-bench Airline83%—
τ²-bench Banking32.2%—
τ²-bench Retail81.6%—
τ²-bench Telecom89.7%—
DeepResearch Bench41.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons75.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,591—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 50.2 (#35), Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Longcat Flash Chat
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%43.9%
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%17.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts14451440
ARC-AGI-252.9%—
SimpleBench45.8%—
ARC-AGI-186.2%—
Chess Puzzles49%—
EnigmaEval10.4%—
EBR-Bench23%—
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 60.0 (#38), Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107)

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Longcat Flash Chat
LMArena Expert14451454
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), Longcat Flash Chat: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Longcat Flash Chat
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Longcat Flash Chat
LMArena Non-English14251404
LMArena Chinese14601465
LMArena French14551456
LMArena German14481408
LMArena Japanese14201373
LMArena Korean13921371
LMArena Russian14401395
LMArena Spanish14331445

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-5.2: 74.7 (#89), Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Longcat Flash Chat
LMArena Instruction Following14171411

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Longcat Flash Chat
LMArena Longer Query14281425
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Longcat Flash Chat
LMArena Text14391427
LMArena Creative Writing14011388
LMArena Multi-Turn14581418
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Longcat Flash Chat?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.2 or Longcat Flash Chat better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 43.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Longcat Flash Chat share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Longcat Flash Chat has 19.

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