# LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse vs o3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse and o3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/longcat-flash-lite-sparse-vs-o3
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse and o3.

## Summary

- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse and o3 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 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | o3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meituan | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 47.55 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $2.00 / $8.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 33.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 21.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 45.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 48.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 40.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 33.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 63.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 72.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 49 (Estimated · #87/183)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CMMLU | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 69.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 87.4 (#33/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 37.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 65.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 40.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | 49.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 18.685% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 2.083% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse and o3 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

- [LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse vs o3-pro](/compare/longcat-flash-lite-sparse-vs-o3-pro)
- [o3 vs o3-pro](/compare/o3-vs-o3-pro)
- [LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse vs o3-mini](/compare/longcat-flash-lite-sparse-vs-o3-mini)
- [o3 vs o3-mini](/compare/o3-vs-o3-mini)

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- [LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse profile](/models/longcat-flash-lite-sparse)
- [o3 profile](/models/o3)
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