Model comparison
Longcat Flash Chat vs Mistral Large 3
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Longcat Flash Chat scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Longcat Flash Chat leads 43.5 to 34.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 17.7% for Longcat Flash Chat and 7.5% for Mistral Large 3.
Side by side
| Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meituan | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.1 | 39.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1471 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
Reasoning Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 43.9% | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 17.7% | 7.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | 1429 |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
Math Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1442 | 1414 |
Knowledge Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | 1421 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Longcat Flash Chat: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1408 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1373 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1371 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1445 | 1440 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1411 | 1403 |
Long Context Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1425 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1388 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Longcat Flash Chat better than Mistral Large 3?
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Longcat Flash Chat or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Longcat Flash Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Longcat Flash Chat and Mistral Large 3 share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Longcat Flash Chat has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.