# LongCat-2.5 vs Ornith-1.5-9B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LongCat-2.5 and Ornith-1.5-9B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

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

## Quick Verdict

Ornith-1.5-9B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Ornith-1.5-9B has the higher overall point estimate 33.63 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 88.4% and 46.2%.
- Ornith-1.5-9B 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 | LongCat-2.5 | Ornith-1.5-9B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meituan | Ornith AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 33.63 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 28.4 (Estimated · #108/132)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | 46.2% | LongCat-2.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 38.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 91.9% | 56.4% | LongCat-2.5 |
| AutomationBench | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 63.1% | 30.5% | LongCat-2.5 |
| Agents' Last Exam | 38.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.1% | 54.2% | LongCat-2.5 |
| JobBench | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | 34.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 78.3% | 66.5% | LongCat-2.5 |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 41.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | 46.2% | LongCat-2.5 |
| ProgramBench | 25.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 64.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 60.5% | 32.4% | LongCat-2.5 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 47.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vision2Web | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | 96.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME | 85.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 37.2 (Estimated · #127/179)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierScience | 77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LongCat-2.5 or Ornith-1.5-9B?

Ornith-1.5-9B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-9B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-9B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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