Llama 4 Scout vs LongCat 2.0

Which is better for the money: Llama 4 Scout by Meta or LongCat 2.0 by LongCat? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

MetaLlama 4 ScoutOff the frontier

Intelligence: 6.50
Total cost: $73.6

LongCatLongCat 2.0Off the frontier

Intelligence: 19.10
Total cost: $545

Verdict

Depends on your budget

LongCat 2.0 scores 12.6 points higher (19.1 vs 6.5) but costs 7.4× as much to run the benchmark ($545 vs $73.6; premium vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick LongCat 2.0 when you need intelligence above 6.5, and Llama 4 Scout when 6.5 is enough.

Metric	Llama 4 Scout	LongCat 2.0	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	6.5	19.1	+193.8% LongCat 2.0 is 2.9× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$73.56	$544.74	+640.5% LongCat 2.0 is 7.4× more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	5.06s	35.51s	+601.8% LongCat 2.0 is 601.8% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.18 / $0.66	$0.75 / $2.95
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LongCat 2.0 vs Llama 4 Scout: 193.8% more intelligence, 640.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 601.8% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Llama 4 Scout is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) scores 34.60 for $66.8.
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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