# LongCat-2.5 vs Quasar 438B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LongCat-2.5 and Quasar 438B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/longcat-2-5-vs-quasar-438b
- 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 Quasar 438B 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.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LongCat-2.5 | Quasar 438B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meituan | Multiverse Computing |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.60 / $1.80 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 40 (Estimated · #73/132)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | 69.3% | LongCat-2.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 38.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 40.7 (Estimated · #70/158)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | 69.3% | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Quasar 438B | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierScience | 77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LongCat-2.5 and Quasar 438B?

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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