Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs LongCat 2.0
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite by Google or LongCat 2.0 by LongCat? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
LongCat 2.0 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: 14.0% less intelligence, 49.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 310.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | LongCat 2.0 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 22.2 | 19.1 | −14.0% LongCat 2.0 is 14.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $365.63 | $544.74 | +49.0% LongCat 2.0 is 49.0% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 8.69s | 35.69s | +310.7% LongCat 2.0 is 310.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $0.75 / $2.95 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
- LongCat 2.0 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
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