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IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview vs LongCat-2.5

LongCat-2.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to -6.2.

IBM · Meituan · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LongCat-2.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 50.0 to -6.2, ranking #20 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose LongCat-2.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 50.0 and ranks #20 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
IBM
LongCat-2.5
Meituan
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-6.2
#400
50.0
#20
Reasoning
-6.2
#390
48.3
#21
Coding
2.8
#256
38.6
#27
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.20 / M
Context window
—
1,048,576

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
LongCat-2.5
Math
-5.9#342
37.2#37
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview · 23 for LongCat-2.5

No common benchmarks found

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview and LongCat-2.5don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

1593.0B diff

LongCat-2.5 has 1593.0B more parameters than IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview, making it 22757.1% larger.

IBM
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
7.0Bparameters
Meituan
LongCat-2.5
1.6Tparameters
7.0B
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
1600.0B
LongCat-2.5

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only LongCat-2.5 specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only LongCat-2.5 specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

IBM
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meituan
LongCat-2.5
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Thu Nov 05 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

LongCat-2.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview does not.

LongCat-2.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

LongCat-2.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview was released on 2025-05-02, while LongCat-2.5 was released on 2026-11-01.

LongCat-2.5 is 18 months newer than IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

May 2, 2025

1.5 years ago

LongCat-2.5

Nov 1, 2026

4 days ago

1.5yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview and LongCat-2.5 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
✓ Preferred
LongCat-2.5
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FAQ

Common questions about IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview vs LongCat-2.5.

Which is better, IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview or LongCat-2.5?

LongCat-2.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to -6.2. IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is made by IBM and LongCat-2.5 is made by Meituan. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview compare to LongCat-2.5 in benchmarks?

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview scores AttaQ: 86.1%, HumanEval: 82.4%, HumanEval+: 78.3%, GSM8k: 70.1%, IFEval: 63.0%. LongCat-2.5 scores MathVision: 96.5%, BrowseComp: 91.9%, CharXiv-R: 90.2%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 88.4%, Video-MME: 85.2%.

What are the context window sizes for IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview and LongCat-2.5?

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and LongCat-2.5 supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview and LongCat-2.5?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-6.2 vs 50.0), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Unknown). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview and LongCat-2.5?

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is developed by IBM and LongCat-2.5 is developed by Meituan.

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