Model Comparison

LongCat-Flash-Lite vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

LongCat-Flash-Lite significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

LongCat-Flash-Lite outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

LongCat-Flash-Lite significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Meituan
LongCat-Flash-Lite
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.40
Best providerMeituan
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

36.0B diff

LongCat-Flash-Lite has 36.0B more parameters than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct, making it 110.8% larger.

Meituan
LongCat-Flash-Lite
68.5Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
32.5Bparameters
68.5B
LongCat-Flash-Lite
32.5B
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only LongCat-Flash-Lite specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only LongCat-Flash-Lite specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Meituan
LongCat-Flash-Lite
Input256,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

LongCat-Flash-Lite is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

LongCat-Flash-Lite

MIT

Open weights

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LongCat-Flash-Lite was released on 2026-02-05, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

LongCat-Flash-Lite is 17 months newer than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.

LongCat-Flash-Lite

Feb 5, 2026

2 months ago

1.4yr newer
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 years ago

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

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Key Takeaways

Meituan
Larger context window (256,000 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (66.8% vs 49.5%)
Higher MMLU score (85.5% vs 83.3%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (78.3% vs 69.0%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Meituan
LongCat-Flash-Lite
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about LongCat-Flash-Lite vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

LongCat-Flash-Lite significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. LongCat-Flash-Lite is made by Meituan and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
LongCat-Flash-Lite scores MATH-500: 96.8%, MMLU: 85.5%, CMMLU: 82.5%, MMLU-Pro: 78.3%, Tau2 Retail: 73.1%. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.9%, HumanEval: 88.4%, HellaSwag: 85.2%, BBH: 84.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.
LongCat-Flash-Lite supports 256K tokens and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
LongCat-Flash-Lite is developed by Meituan and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.