Noometry

Model comparison

Longcat Flash Chat vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Longcat Flash Chat Meituan

42.1

Rank #120 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Longcat Flash Chat scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 54.4 to 19.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 17.7% for Longcat Flash Chat and 88.3% for Qwen3.8 Max.
  • Longcat Flash Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Longcat Flash ChatQwen3.8 Max
ProviderMeituanAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.156.8
Released—2026-08-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1939

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Coding14711502
DeepSWE—57.5%
LMArena WebDev—1674
FrontierSWE—17.8%
SciCode—53.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Longcat Flash Chat: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents—63.3%
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%
GDP.pdf—23.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatQwen3.8 Max
NYT Connections (extended)17.7%88.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts14401496
Kagi LLM Benchmark43.9%—
CritPt—20%
Chess Puzzles—40%
Mystery Game Puzzles—38%
DTBench—92%
LMCA—46.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.41

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Math14421499
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—100%
ProofBench—58%

Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Expert14541507
GPQA Diamond—92.7%
SimpleQA Verified—47.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Longcat Flash Chat: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision—1314
Furniture Assembly—20%

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English14041472
LMArena Chinese14651538
LMArena French14561503
LMArena German14081483
LMArena Japanese13731467
LMArena Korean13711461
LMArena Russian13951481
LMArena Spanish14451492

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14111479

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query14251489

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text14271483
LMArena Creative Writing13881479
LMArena Multi-Turn14181489

Frequently asked questions

Is Longcat Flash Chat better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Longcat Flash Chat or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 43.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Longcat Flash Chat and Qwen3.8 Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Longcat Flash Chat has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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