# GPT-4.1 vs LongCat-2.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.1 and LongCat-2.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-longcat-2-5
- Last updated: November 9, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for GPT-4.1 and LongCat-2.5.

## Summary

- GPT-4.1 and LongCat-2.5 do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.1 | LongCat-2.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Meituan |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 37.24 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $8.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 25.65% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 38.50% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 51.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 63.1% | 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 |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 63.3% | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | Coming soon | 34.9% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 54.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 60.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 28.2 (Estimated · #127/157)
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 34.5 (Supported · #139/179)
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 66.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierScience | Coming soon | 77% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 61.5 (#14/17)
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 50.3 (#99/157)
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 23.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | LongCat-2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 5.965% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare GPT-4.1 and LongCat-2.5 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4.1 mini](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [LongCat-2.5 vs GPT-4.1 mini](/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-longcat-2-5)
- [GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [LongCat-2.5 vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-nano-vs-longcat-2-5)

## Explore More

- [GPT-4.1 profile](/models/gpt-4-1)
- [LongCat-2.5 profile](/models/longcat-2-5)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)
