# Inkling vs LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse

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

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

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling 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

- Inkling leads overall 60.28 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME26 in Mathematics, with scores of 97.1% and 65.7%.
- 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 | Inkling | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Meituan |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 60.28 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 38.3 (Supported · #122/152)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.8% | 33.7% | Inkling |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | 48.6% | Inkling |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | 45.6% | Inkling |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 21.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 41.1 (Supported · #111/151)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | 68.2% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | 40.6% | Inkling |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.8% | 33.7% | Inkling |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 4.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 49.2 (#38/48)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 74.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 57.4 (Supported · #43/183)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | 69.5% | Inkling |
| HLE | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | 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
- Inkling public-lane score: 85.2 (#44/123)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | 65.7% | Inkling |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 49.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Inkling is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling cover on BenchLM?

Inkling currently has 21 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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