Agentic
Not comparable- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
- Not ranked
- Mistral Small 4
- 37.8
- Estimated · #125/152
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 4 vs 0 public rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse vs Mistral Small 4
Updated September 10, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Decision reading
The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. Use the documented cost, context, and runtime rows instead.
0 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
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Which one for your work
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
Show secondary and unsupported calls
Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.
Confidence: limited
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse is not ranked on the public lane for agentic, so no winner is named for agentic.
Confidence: limited
Chat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Cache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: rate-fallback
Repository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
17 LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse only
- Shared results
- 0
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse only
- 17
- Mistral Small 4 only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 / 8
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.
Coding
Not comparable- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
- Not ranked
- Mistral Small 4
- 40.9
- Estimated · #112/151
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 4 vs 0 public rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
- Not ranked
- Mistral Small 4
- 55.2
- Unranked · 2 rankable rows
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Knowledge
Not comparable- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
- Not ranked
- Mistral Small 4
- 40.8
- Estimated · #128/183
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 5 vs 0 public rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
- Not ranked
- Mistral Small 4
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 2 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
- Not ranked
- Mistral Small 4
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
- Not ranked
- Mistral Small 4
- 43.7
- Unranked · 1 rankable row
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Instruction following
Not comparable- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
- Not ranked
- Mistral Small 4
- 57.3
- #75/123
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Mistral Small 4 | Basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Not ranked | 37.8Estimated · #125/152 | Not comparableBenchAlign lane · 4 vs 0 public rows | Not comparable |
| Coding | Not ranked | 40.9Estimated · #112/151 | Not comparableBenchAlign lane · 4 vs 0 public rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | Not ranked | 55.2Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Knowledge | Not ranked | 40.8Estimated · #128/183 | Not comparableBenchAlign lane · 5 vs 0 public rows | Not comparable |
| Math | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 2 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not ranked | 43.7Unranked · 1 rankable row | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | Not ranked | 57.3#75/123 | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
A shared-evidence shape is not available.
BenchLM does not draw a radar or infer missing axes when the matched evidence is too sparse.
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Mistral Small 4
- $0.00045
- Fits in one request
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Mistral Small 4
- $0.0093
- Fits in one request
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
- Mistral Small 4
- $0.039
- Fits in one request
- Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
Mistral Small 4 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse has no comparable published API token rate.
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationLongCat-Flash-Lite-SparseMistral Small 4
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
Mistral Small 4
256K
API model ID
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
meituan-longcat/LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
Meituan LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse model cardMistral Small 4
Not sourced
Cached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
No comparable hosted API rate
Meituan LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse model cardMistral Small 4
Not published
Documented inputs
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
Not sourced
Mistral Small 4
Not sourced
Documented outputs
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
Not sourced
Mistral Small 4
Not sourced
Provider availability
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
Not sourced
Mistral Small 4
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
Reasoning
Mistral Small 4
Non-Reasoning
Weight access
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
Open Weight
Mistral Small 4
Open Weight
License
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
Open Weight
Mistral Small 4
Open Weight
Release date
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
2026-07-31
Mistral Small 4
2026-02-20
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
- Quality signal
- The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict.
- Workload cost
- A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
- Context tradeoff
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse has the larger documented window (1M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Self-host vs API cost
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Mistral Small 4
API / mo$563
Self-host / mo$2,278
Break-even266M/day
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence17 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.0
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse33.7%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
VITA-Bench
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse21.7%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
MCP Atlas
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse45.6%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
BrowseComp
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse48.6%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
Coding
SWE-bench Verified
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse68.2%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse40.6%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse59.3%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse33.7%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
Knowledge
MMLU
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse85.3%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
MMLU-Pro
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse79.2%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
CMMLU
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse84.3%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
C-Eval
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse85.8%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
GPQA-D
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse69.5%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
Math
MATH-500
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse95.8%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
AIME26
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse65.7%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
HMMT Feb 2026
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse40.5%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
IMOAnswerBench
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse49.4%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse or Mistral Small 4?
The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.
Which is better for coding, LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse or Mistral Small 4?
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.
Which is better for agentic tasks, LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse or Mistral Small 4?
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse is not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks.
Which costs less, LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse or Mistral Small 4?
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Which has the larger context window, LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse or Mistral Small 4?
LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 256K.
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Last updated September 10, 2026
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