Model comparison
Longcat Flash Chat vs Mistral Large 4
Longcat Flash Chat and Mistral Large 4 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (42.1 vs 43.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Longcat Flash Chat scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 6 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 43.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 17.7% for Longcat Flash Chat and 27.4% for Mistral Large 4.
- Longcat Flash Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meituan | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.1 | 43.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-10-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.68 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.09 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1471 | 1475 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |
Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 17.7% | 27.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | 1444 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 43.9% | — |
Math Mistral Large 4 leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1442 | 1488 |
Knowledge Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | 1447 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
Multilingual Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | — |
| LMArena German | 1408 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1373 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1371 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1445 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1411 | 1424 |
Long Context Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1425 | 1429 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1388 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1424 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Longcat Flash Chat better than Mistral Large 4?
Longcat Flash Chat and Mistral Large 4 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (42.1 vs 43.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Longcat Flash Chat or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 43.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Longcat Flash Chat and Mistral Large 4 share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Longcat Flash Chat has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.