Model comparison
Longcat Flash Chat vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Longcat Flash Chat scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Longcat Flash Chat leads 43.5 to 36.0.
Side by side
| Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meituan | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.1 | 40.2 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1471 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |
Reasoning Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 43.9% | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 17.7% | 12.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | 1436 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1442 | 1431 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | 1432 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Longcat Flash Chat: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1408 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1371 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1445 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1373 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1411 | 1415 |
Long Context Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1425 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1388 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Longcat Flash Chat better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Longcat Flash Chat or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
Longcat Flash Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Longcat Flash Chat and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Longcat Flash Chat has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.