# LongCat-2.5 vs Pareto 26.9

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LongCat-2.5 and Pareto 26.9 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/longcat-2-5-vs-pareto-26-9
- Last updated: November 9, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LongCat-2.5 and Pareto 26.9 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- LongCat-2.5 has the lower published output-token price.
- LongCat-2.5 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LongCat-2.5 | Pareto 26.9 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meituan | Unbiased |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | N/A |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $2.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 38.50% | 51.00% | Pareto 26.9 |
| BrowseComp | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 63.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 38.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 25.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 64.6% | 74.0% | Pareto 26.9 |
| PaperBench | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 60.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Pareto 26.9 | 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 |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierScience | 77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 49% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LongCat-2.5 and Pareto 26.9?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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## Explore More

- [LongCat-2.5 profile](/models/longcat-2-5)
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