# LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/longcat-flash-lite-sparse-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse and Qwen3.8-27B 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-Flash-Lite-Sparse has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meituan | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 64.52 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 63.4 (Supported · #13/152)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Qwen3.8-27B | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 53.9 (Supported · #43/151)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 40.6% | 61.7% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SWE Multilingual | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 33.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80 (#11/48)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 77.4 (#7/20)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 54.1 (Supported · #58/183)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Qwen3.8-27B | 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% | 89.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 84.7 (#45/123)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Qwen3.8-27B | 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 |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse and Qwen3.8-27B?

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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