# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash and LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-longcat-flash-lite-sparse
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.5 Flash leads overall 68.14 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 76.2% and 33.7%.
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Meituan |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 68.14 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 51.7 (Supported · #43/152)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 76.2% | 33.7% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | 45.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Toolathlon | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 21.7% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 48.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 57.5 (Supported · #33/151)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 76.2% | 33.7% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 40.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench | 48.68% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 86.9 (#6/48)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 59.4 (#16/20)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | 26.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 67.8 (Supported · #19/183)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | 69.5% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| HLE | 40.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |
| CMMLU | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 86.9 (#36/123)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 55.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.583% | 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

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash or LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.5 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse cover on BenchLM?

LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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