Jamba 1.5 Mini vs LongCat-Flash-Lite Comparison
Comparing Jamba 1.5 Mini and LongCat-Flash-Lite across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Jamba 1.5 Mini outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while LongCat-Flash-Lite is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU, MMLU-Pro).
LongCat-Flash-Lite significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Jamba 1.5 Mini ($0.20/1M tokens) is 2.0x more expensive than LongCat-Flash-Lite ($0.10/1M tokens).
For output processing, Jamba 1.5 Mini ($0.40/1M tokens) costs the same as LongCat-Flash-Lite ($0.40/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Jamba 1.5 Mini is more expensive than LongCat-Flash-Lite.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
LongCat-Flash-Lite has 16.5B more parameters than Jamba 1.5 Mini, making it 31.7% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Jamba 1.5 Mini accepts 256,144 input tokens compared to LongCat-Flash-Lite's 256,000 tokens. Jamba 1.5 Mini can generate longer responses up to 256,144 tokens, while LongCat-Flash-Lite is limited to 128,000 tokens.
License
Usage and distribution terms
Jamba 1.5 Mini is licensed under Jamba Open Model License, while LongCat-Flash-Lite uses MIT.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Jamba Open Model License
Open weights
MIT
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Jamba 1.5 Mini was released on 2024-08-22, while LongCat-Flash-Lite was released on 2026-02-05.
LongCat-Flash-Lite is 18 months newer than Jamba 1.5 Mini.
Aug 22, 2024
1.6 years ago
Feb 5, 2026
1 months ago
1.5yr newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Jamba 1.5 Mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-03-05, while LongCat-Flash-Lite's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Jamba 1.5 Mini's training data extends to 2024-03-05, but cannot make a direct comparison without LongCat-Flash-Lite's cutoff date.
Mar 2024
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Provider Availability
Jamba 1.5 Mini is available from Bedrock, Google. LongCat-Flash-Lite is available from Meituan. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Jamba 1.5 Mini
LongCat-Flash-Lite
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Jamba 1.5 Mini
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