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LongCat Flash Chat vs GPT-5 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

LongCat Flash Chat wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5 Mini wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
LongCat Flash Chat
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Mini
Context Window
GPT-5 Mini
Speed
GPT-5 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLongCat Flash ChatGPT-5 MiniWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.20$0.25 LongCat Flash Chat
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.80$2.00 LongCat Flash Chat
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.20$0.03 GPT-5 Mini
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, LongCat Flash Chat is 49% cheaper overall.

LongCat Flash Chat Providers

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GPT-5 Mini Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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LongCat Flash Chat Wins
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GPT-5 Mini Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLongCat Flash ChatGPT-5 MiniWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-41.2-
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-35.3-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-90.7-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-83.7-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-82.8-
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-83.8-
GPT-5 Mini significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

LongCat Flash Chat
131,072
tokens
GPT-5 Mini
400,000
tokens
GPT-5 Mini has a 67% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLongCat Flash ChatGPT-5 MiniWinner
Tokens/secondN/A74.3 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A95.68s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLongCat Flash ChatGPT-5 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLongCat Flash ChatGPT-5 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorMeituanOpenAI
ReleasedSep 2025Aug 2025

LongCat Flash Chat Modalities

Input
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Output
text

GPT-5 Mini Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

LongCat Flash Chat has cheaper input pricing at $0.20/M tokens. LongCat Flash Chat has cheaper output pricing at $0.80/M tokens.
GPT-5 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 35.3, compared to LongCat Flash Chat's score of N/A.
LongCat Flash Chat has a 131,072 token context window, while GPT-5 Mini has a 400,000 token context window.
LongCat Flash Chat does not support vision. GPT-5 Mini supports vision.