# DeepSeek V3 vs LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-longcat-flash-lite-sparse
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V3 and LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse has the lower published output-token price.
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Meituan |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 41.49 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 36.7 (Estimated · #130/152)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 33.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 21.7% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 45.6% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 48.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Estimated · #118/151)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | 68.2% | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 40.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 33.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 41.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Estimated · #137/183)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | 79.2% | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| CMMLU | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 69.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.9 (#104/123)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 49.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V3 and LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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