MeituanReleased on Jan 14, 2026

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 is a language model from Meituan, released in January 2026.

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 is an upgraded version of LongCat-Flash-Thinking with 560B total parameters (MoE, ~27B activated). It achieves open-source SOTA performance on core evaluation benchmarks including Agentic Search, Agentic Tool

Input
Text
Output
Text
Speed
Latency p953.00s
Throughput P95100char/s
Cost
$0.40/ 1M · 8:1 in:out
$0.30 in · $1.20 out

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 benchmarks

Rankings

Quality Tracker

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

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LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 pricing

Providers

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 starts at $0.300 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens via Meituan.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MWorkload 1M + 100KContext in / outTTFT p50 / p95 sOutput avg / p5 c/sSuccess 7dModalities in / out
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$0.300$1.20$0.420128.0K/128.0K
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100/—
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Workload cost uses 1M input tokens plus 100K output tokens at published list prices without assuming a cache hit. Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests. Success is calculated from completed versus failed requests over the trailing seven days.

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 model size

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 has 560 billion parameters. See how it compares to other models in the same parameter range.

Parameters
560BMoE
Frontier (200B+)
560B
1B7B70B405B

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 context window

Input and output token limits for LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

InputOutput
128Ktokens
128Ktokens
≈ 192 pages of text
128K
8K128K1M

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 API

Available from the model provider

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 has an official provider API. It is not currently routed through the LLM Stats gateway.

Read the official API documentation

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 latency

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 examples

Recent arena outputs from LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 license

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 is released under the MIT license, which permits commercial use, has 560.0B parameters.

License
MIT
Commercial use allowed
Parameters
560.0B

MIT License - allows commercial use

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 resources

Official sources for LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601: api documentation, official playground, paper or system card, source repository, model weights.

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 are Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Flash, GPT-5.1 High. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601

Models ranked just above and below LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 by LLM Stats score.

 

Claude Opus 4.6

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Gemini 3 Flash

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GPT-5.1 High

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GPT OSS 120B High

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Nova 2 Pro

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Claude 3.7 Sonnet

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FAQ

Common questions about LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601.

When was LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 released?

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 was released on January 14, 2026 by Meituan. This is the official LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 cost?

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 pricing starts at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens via Meituan, the lowest price among tracked providers.

Is LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 available via API?

Yes, LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

How big is LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601?

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 has 560 billion parameters. It ships as an open-weight model, so you can download and run it on your own hardware.

Who created LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601?

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 was created by Meituan.

What is the license for LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601?

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 is released under the MIT license. This is an open-source / open-weight license that permits self-hosting.

What is LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 latency?

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 p95 time to first token is 3.00 seconds via Meituan over the trailing 7 days. Lower time to first token means the model begins responding sooner for chat, agents and API workloads.

Where can I use LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601?

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 is available through 1 provider including Meituan.

Where is the LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 paper or technical report?

LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 has a paper or technical report available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16725. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 against?

Common LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 comparisons include LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 vs Claude Opus 4.6, LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 vs Gemini 3 Flash, LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 vs GPT-5.1 High. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.