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DeepSeek R1vsLongCat Flash Chat

DeepSeek R1 and LongCat Flash Chat split their 6 shared benchmarks evenly. Both offer a 128K-token context window.

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
3 – 3
even split
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 128K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
DeepSeek · Meituan LongCat
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek · released 2025-01-20
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Context
128K
Max out
33K
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
8 · 7 core
LongCat Flash Chat
Meituan LongCat · released 2025-09-01
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Context
128K
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
31 · 9 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkDeepSeek R1LongCat Flash ChatΔEdge
Reported by both · 6
SWE-bench Verified49.2% 60.4% -11.2 ptLongCat Flash Chat
GPQA Diamond71.5% 73.23% -1.7 ptLongCat Flash Chat
MMLU90.8% 89.71% +1.1 ptDeepSeek R1
MMLU-Pro84% 82.68% +1.3 ptDeepSeek R1
AIME 202570% matharena61.25% +8.8 ptDeepSeek R1
LMArena Elo1372.6 1422.9 -50.3LongCat Flash Chat
Only DeepSeek R1 reports · 1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)53.3% epochnot reported
Only LongCat Flash Chat reports · 25
AceBenchnot reported76.1%
AIME 2024not reported70.42%
ArenaHard-V2not reported86.5%
BeyondAIMEnot reported43%
C-Evalnot reported90.44%
CMMLUnot reported84.34%
COLLIEnot reported57.1%
DROPnot reported79.06%
GraphWalks-128knot reported51.05%
HumanEval+not reported88.41%
IFEvalnot reported89.65%
LiveCodeBenchnot reported48.02%
MATH500not reported96.4%
MBPP+not reported79.63%
Meeseeks-zhnot reported43.03%
Safety: Criminalnot reported91.24%
Safety: Harmfulnot reported83.98%
Safety: Misinformationnot reported81.72%
Safety: Privacynot reported93.98%
Tau2-Bench (airline)not reported58%
Tau2-Bench (retail)not reported71.27%
Tau2-Bench (telecom)not reported73.68%
TerminalBenchnot reported39.51%
VitaBenchnot reported24.3%
ZebraLogicnot reported89.3%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is DeepSeek R1 minus LongCat Flash Chat in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecDeepSeek R1LongCat Flash ChatEdge
Context window128K tokens128K tokensTie
Max output33K tokens
Input price / 1M
Output price / 1M
Cached input / 1M
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
ModalitiestexttextTie
Released2025-01-202025-09-01
Cited benchmark scores831
Reliability

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