Model comparison
GPT-5.6 Sol vs Longcat Flash Chat
GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.4 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Sol scores higher in 8 categories and Longcat Flash Chat in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.6 Sol leads 74.7 to 18.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 93.8% for GPT-5.6 Sol and 17.7% for Longcat Flash Chat.
- Longcat Flash Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-5.6 Sol | Longcat Flash Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Meituan |
| Noometry Index | 64.4 | 41.5 |
| Released | 2026-07-09 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $4 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $20 | — |
| Results tracked | 64 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 61.1 (#7), Longcat Flash Chat: 42.9 (#85)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1493 | 1471 |
| DeepSWE | 72.7% | — |
| FrontierCode | 47.5% | — |
| CursorBench | 41.7% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1619 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 32.2% | — |
| SciCode | 57.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 89.4% | — |
| MirrorCode | 20% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 2,177 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-5.6 Sol: 50.2 (#7), Longcat Flash Chat: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 51.4% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 27.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 46.9% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 36.2% | — |
| BALROG | 60% | — |
| GBAEval | 52.6% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1257 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 9,619 | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 74.7 (#6), Longcat Flash Chat: 18.3 (#267)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67% | 43.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 93.8% | 17.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1440 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 92.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 71.7% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.5% | — |
| CritPt | 32.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 64% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 37.1% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 44.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 58% | — |
| DTBench | 96% | — |
| LMCA | 59.2% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 93.1% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.14 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 161.99 | — |
Math GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 85.5 (#7), Longcat Flash Chat: 36.6 (#107)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1472 | 1441 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 89.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 82.9% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 83% | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 0% | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 64.3 (#16), Longcat Flash Chat: 40.0 (#111)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1517 | 1454 |
| GPQA Diamond | 93.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 69.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 12.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-5.6 Sol: 48.9 (#8), Longcat Flash Chat: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1281 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 56.7% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1483 | — |
Multilingual GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 55.4 (#32), Longcat Flash Chat: 52.1 (#95)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1450 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1523 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1475 | 1457 |
| LMArena German | 1476 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1475 | 1373 |
| LMArena Korean | 1434 | 1372 |
| LMArena Russian | 1466 | 1396 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1449 | 1445 |
Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 77.8 (#16), Longcat Flash Chat: 74.6 (#92)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1480 | 1411 |
Long Context GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 45.3 (#42), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#89)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1479 | 1425 |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 73.5 (#12), Longcat Flash Chat: 61.2 (#88)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1456 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1450 | 1388 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1418 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1972 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1250 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.6 Sol better than Longcat Flash Chat?
GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.4 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-5.6 Sol or Longcat Flash Chat better for coding?
GPT-5.6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.1 versus 42.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Sol and Longcat Flash Chat share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Sol has 64 scored results on Noometry and Longcat Flash Chat has 19.