Model comparison

GPT-5 Pro vs Longcat Flash Chat

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5 Pro OpenAI

46.4

Rank #64 Confirmed

Longcat Flash Chat Meituan

42.1

Rank #120 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Longcat Flash Chat in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5 Pro leads 38.9 to 19.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 76.8% for GPT-5 Pro and 43.9% for Longcat Flash Chat.
  • Longcat Flash Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5 Pro and Longcat Flash Chat specifications
GPT-5 ProLongcat Flash Chat
ProviderOpenAIMeituan
Noometry Index46.442.1
Released2025-10-06—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output272K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$120—
Results tracked1219

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

GPT-5 Pro: 44.0 (#80), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProLongcat Flash Chat
WeirdML60.4%—
LMArena Coding—1471
AlgoTune1.31—

Reasoning GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 38.9 (#62), Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProLongcat Flash Chat
Kagi LLM Benchmark76.8%43.9%
ARC-AGI-218.3%—
SimpleBench61.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)—17.7%
ARC-AGI-170.2%—
EnigmaEval18.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1440
Epoch Capabilities Index150.28—

Math GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 48.5 (#63), Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProLongcat Flash Chat
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 419.5%—
LMArena Math—1442
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 56.7 (#42), Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProLongcat Flash Chat
Humanity's Last Exam31.6%—
LMArena Expert—1454

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Non-English—1404
LMArena Chinese—1465
LMArena French—1456
LMArena German—1408
LMArena Japanese—1373
LMArena Korean—1371
LMArena Russian—1395
LMArena Spanish—1445

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Instruction Following—1411

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Longer Query—1425

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProLongcat Flash Chat
LMArena Text—1427
LMArena Creative Writing—1388
LMArena Multi-Turn—1418

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5 Pro better than Longcat Flash Chat?

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5 Pro or Longcat Flash Chat better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (44.0 vs 43.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Pro and Longcat Flash Chat share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5 Pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Longcat Flash Chat has 19.

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