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LongCat Flash Chat vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
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Winner summary
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking wins on 5/7 benchmarks
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking wins 5 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in math · knowledge · coding.
Category leads
arena·LongCat Flash Chatmath·Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinkingknowledge·Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinkinglanguage·LongCat Flash Chatcoding·Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
LongCat Flash Chat
#41 by perf·no signal
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
#32 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
1.2x better value than LongCat Flash Chat
LongCat Flash Chat
119.6 pts/$
$0.50/M
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
140.4 pts/$
$0.44/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
meituan
private · undisclosed
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
7 benchmarks · 2 models
LongCat Flash ChatQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
LongCat Flash Chat leads by +32.1
LongCat Flash Chat
1401.1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
1369.0
OpenCompass · AIME2025
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +28.0
LongCat Flash Chat
61.0
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
89.0
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +6.9
LongCat Flash Chat
70.1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
77.0
OpenCompass · HLE
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +5.0
LongCat Flash Chat
8.5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
13.5
OpenCompass · IFEval
LongCat Flash Chat leads by +0.7
LongCat Flash Chat
90.2
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
89.5
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +18.1
LongCat Flash Chat
48.2
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
66.3
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +1.0
LongCat Flash Chat
81.0
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
82.0
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | LongCat Flash Chat | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1401.1 | 1369.0 |
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 61.0 | 89.0 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 70.1 | 77.0 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 8.5 | 13.5 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 90.2 | 89.5 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 48.2 | 66.3 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 81.0 | 82.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LongCat Flash Chat | $0.20 | $0.80 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $3.50 |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | $0.10 | $0.78 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $2.68 |
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