Model Comparison

LongCat-Flash-Thinking vs Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

LongCat-Flash-Thinking significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

LongCat-Flash-Thinking outperforms in 4 benchmarks (AIME 2025, BFCL-v3, GPQA, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking is better at 1 benchmark (MMLU-Redux).

LongCat-Flash-Thinking 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-Thinking
Input tokens$0.30
Output tokens$1.20
Best providerMeituan
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

527.0B diff

LongCat-Flash-Thinking has 527.0B more parameters than Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking, making it 1597.0% larger.

Meituan
LongCat-Flash-Thinking
560.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking
33.0Bparameters
560.0B
LongCat-Flash-Thinking
33.0B
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

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

Meituan
LongCat-Flash-Thinking
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking supports multimodal inputs, whereas LongCat-Flash-Thinking does not.

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

LongCat-Flash-Thinking

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LongCat-Flash-Thinking is licensed under MIT, while Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking uses Apache 2.0.

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

LongCat-Flash-Thinking

MIT

Open weights

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Both models were released on 2025-09-22.

They likely represent similar generations of model development.

LongCat-Flash-Thinking

Sep 22, 2025

6 months ago

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

Sep 22, 2025

6 months 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

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher AIME 2025 score (90.6% vs 83.7%)
Higher BFCL-v3 score (74.4% vs 71.7%)
Higher GPQA score (81.5% vs 73.1%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (82.6% vs 82.1%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs
Higher MMLU-Redux score (91.9% vs 89.3%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Meituan
LongCat-Flash-Thinking
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

FAQ

Common questions about LongCat-Flash-Thinking vs Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

LongCat-Flash-Thinking significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. LongCat-Flash-Thinking is made by Meituan and Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking 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-Thinking scores MATH-500: 99.2%, ZebraLogic: 95.5%, AIME 2024: 93.3%, AIME 2025: 90.6%, MMLU-Redux: 89.3%. Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking scores DocVQAtest: 96.1%, ScreenSpot: 95.7%, MMLU-Redux: 91.9%, MMBench-V1.1: 90.8%, CharXiv-D: 90.2%.
LongCat-Flash-Thinking supports 128K tokens and Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking 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 multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
LongCat-Flash-Thinking is developed by Meituan and Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.