Model comparison
Longcat Flash Chat vs MiniMax-M2.5
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Longcat Flash Chat scores higher in 7 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Longcat Flash Chat leads 36.6 to 25.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 43.9% for Longcat Flash Chat and 55.2% for MiniMax-M2.5.
Side by side
| Longcat Flash Chat | MiniMax-M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meituan | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 38.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-12 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 42.9 (#85), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.9 (#53)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1471 | 1380 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 75.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1386 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 68.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 618.17 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Longcat Flash Chat: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.2 (#70)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 42.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | -23.16 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 18.3 (#267), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.6 (#281)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 43.9% | 55.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 17.7% | 16.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | 1372 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 4.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 63.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.68 |
Math Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 36.6 (#107), MiniMax-M2.5: 25.8 (#242)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1441 | 1378 |
| ProofBench | — | 4% |
Knowledge Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 40.0 (#111), MiniMax-M2.5: 38.6 (#132)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | 1378 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.1% |
Multilingual Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 52.1 (#95), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1338 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1392 |
| LMArena French | 1457 | 1363 |
| LMArena German | 1409 | 1361 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1373 | 1169 |
| LMArena Korean | 1372 | 1232 |
| LMArena Russian | 1396 | 1359 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1445 | 1354 |
Instruction Following Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 74.6 (#92), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.7 (#143)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1411 | 1353 |
Long Context Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#89), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.4 (#211)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1425 | 1367 |
| CL-bench | — | 11.4% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 6.3% |
Writing & Preference Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 61.2 (#88), MiniMax-M2.5: 54.1 (#149)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1359 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1388 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1364 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1361 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Longcat Flash Chat better than MiniMax-M2.5?
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Longcat Flash Chat or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 42.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Longcat Flash Chat and MiniMax-M2.5 share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Longcat Flash Chat has 19 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.