# dots3-note Preview vs LongCat-2.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for dots3-note Preview and LongCat-2.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-longcat-2-5
- Last updated: November 9, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

dots3-note Preview leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- dots3-note Preview has the higher overall point estimate 63.82 to 0. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 75.1% and 88.4%.
- dots3-note Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- LongCat-2.5 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | dots3-note Preview | LongCat-2.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Dots Studio | Meituan |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 512K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 63.82 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 59.9 (Estimated · #27/132)
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 73.4% | 78.3% | LongCat-2.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 88.4% | LongCat-2.5 |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 52.8% | 63.3% | LongCat-2.5 |
| APEX-Agents | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.3% | 91.9% | LongCat-2.5 |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.6% | 63.1% | LongCat-2.5 |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 38.50% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 51.8% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 38.5% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 83.1% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | Coming soon | 34.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3056.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 88.4% | LongCat-2.5 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 75.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 49.8% | 60.5% | LongCat-2.5 |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 25.5% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 64.6% | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | Coming soon | 82.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 58.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 65.3 (Estimated · #24/67)
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | 72.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf (no tools) | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 79.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 78.6% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 96.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME | Coming soon | 85.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierScience | Coming soon | 77% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 89.1 (#35/157)
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, dots3-note Preview or LongCat-2.5?

dots3-note Preview has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### How many benchmarks does dots3-note Preview cover on BenchLM?

dots3-note Preview currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does LongCat-2.5 cover on BenchLM?

LongCat-2.5 currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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