What are LongCat Flash Lite's benchmark scores?

As of 25 Oct 2026, LongCat Flash Lite scores 43.3 ±4.0 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in instruction following (45) and weakest in knowledge (30). That rests on 6 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.

How does LongCat Flash Lite rank?

LongCat Flash Lite is #571 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 295 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.

When was LongCat Flash Lite released?

Meituan released LongCat Flash Lite on 28 Jan 2026.

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LongCat Flash Lite

LongCat Flash Lite is a Meituan open-weights model, released 28 Jan 2026. Its best configuration ranks #571 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 43.3 ±4.0, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 295 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in instruction following (45) and lowest in knowledge (30). Last measured 28 Jan 2026.stale: no new result in six months

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Released: 28 Jan 2026

How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.

Overall index43
Reasoning41
Agents & tools43
Knowledge30
Instruction following45
Long context38
Composite42

How its index has moved

9 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026

The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.

Benchmark results

See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

Benchmark	not stated	Source
GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index	63.6%#352	Artificial Analysis
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index	5.8%#415	Artificial Analysis
CritPt	0.0%#315	Artificial Analysis

Agents & tools

Benchmark	not stated	Source
Terminal-Bench Hard	10.6%#221	Artificial Analysis
τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index	79.5%#126	Artificial Analysis

Knowledge

Benchmark	not stated	Source
AA-Omniscience	-70.1#514	Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience: accuracynot in index	13.3%#458	Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience: non-hallucinationnot in index	3.8%#538	Artificial Analysis

Instruction following

Benchmark	not stated	Source
IFBench	43.1%#229	Artificial Analysis

Long context

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AA-LCR	28.3%#398	Artificial Analysis

Composite

Benchmark	not stated	Source
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2	11.5#351	Artificial Analysis

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What are LongCat Flash Lite's benchmark scores?: As of 25 Oct 2026, LongCat Flash Lite scores 43.3 ±4.0 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in instruction following (45) and weakest in knowledge (30). That rests on 6 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
How does LongCat Flash Lite rank?: LongCat Flash Lite is #571 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 295 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
When was LongCat Flash Lite released?: Meituan released LongCat Flash Lite on 28 Jan 2026.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.

Cite as: BenchLeader, “LongCat Flash Lite: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 25 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/longcat-flash-lite.