Model comparison
Longcat Flash Chat vs Qwen2-72B
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Longcat Flash Chat scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2-72B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Longcat Flash Chat leads 61.0 to 40.8.
Side by side
| Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen2-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meituan | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 42.1 | 30.0 |
| Released | — | 2024-06-07 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87), Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1471 | 1196 |
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Longcat Flash Chat: —, Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |
Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272), Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | 1191 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 43.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 17.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.28 |
Math Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107), Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1442 | 1235 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.1% |
Knowledge Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | 1171 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.8% |
| MMLU | — | 82.4% |
Multilingual Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101), Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | 1170 |
| LMArena German | 1408 | 1151 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1373 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1371 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1169 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1445 | 1169 |
Instruction Following Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96), Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1411 | 1181 |
Long Context Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1425 | 1192 |
Writing & Preference Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91), Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1388 | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1196 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Longcat Flash Chat better than Qwen2-72B?
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Longcat Flash Chat or Qwen2-72B better for coding?
Longcat Flash Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Longcat Flash Chat and Qwen2-72B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Longcat Flash Chat has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.