Jamba 1.5 Mini vs LongCat-Flash-Lite Comparison

Comparing Jamba 1.5 Mini and LongCat-Flash-Lite across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

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.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

LongCat-Flash-Lite costs less

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Jamba 1.5 Mini

Input tokens$0.20

Output tokens$0.40

Best providerAWS Bedrock

LongCat-Flash-Lite

Input tokens$0.10

Output tokens$0.40

Best providerMeituan

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

16.5B diff

LongCat-Flash-Lite has 16.5B more parameters than Jamba 1.5 Mini, making it 31.7% larger.

Jamba 1.5 Mini

52.0Bparameters

LongCat-Flash-Lite

68.5Bparameters

52.0B

Jamba 1.5 Mini

68.5B

LongCat-Flash-Lite

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.

Jamba 1.5 Mini

Input256,144 tokens

Output256,144 tokens

LongCat-Flash-Lite

Input256,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

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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 1.5 Mini

Jamba Open Model License

Open weights

LongCat-Flash-Lite

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.

Jamba 1.5 Mini

Aug 22, 2024

1.6 years ago

LongCat-Flash-Lite

Feb 5, 2026

1 months ago

1.5yr newer

Knowledge 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.

Jamba 1.5 Mini

Mar 2024

LongCat-Flash-Lite

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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.