Model comparison
Longcat Flash Chat vs Qwen3 32B
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Longcat Flash Chat scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3 32B in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Longcat Flash Chat leads 61.0 to 52.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 43.9% for Longcat Flash Chat and 54.9% for Qwen3 32B.
Side by side
| Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen3 32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meituan | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 42.1 | 39.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87), Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1471 | 1358 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| SciCode | — | 35.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Longcat Flash Chat: —, Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
Reasoning Qwen3 32B leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272), Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 43.9% | 54.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | 1334 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 17.7% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 67.5% |
| LMCA | — | 17.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.51 |
Math Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107), Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1442 | 1399 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 66.9% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | 1362 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.9% |
Multilingual Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101), Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1408 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1311 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1373 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1371 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1445 | — |
Instruction Following Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96), Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1411 | 1305 |
Long Context Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93), Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1425 | 1327 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |
Writing & Preference Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91), Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1388 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1331 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Longcat Flash Chat better than Qwen3 32B?
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Longcat Flash Chat or Qwen3 32B better for coding?
Longcat Flash Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Longcat Flash Chat and Qwen3 32B share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Longcat Flash Chat has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.