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LongCat Flash Chat vs Qwen3.8 27B
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
Qwen3.8 27B wins on 1/1 benchmarks
Qwen3.8 27B wins 1 of 1 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena.
Category leads
arena·Qwen3.8 27B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
LongCat Flash Chat
#52 by perf·no signal
Qwen3.8 27B
#111 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
LongCat Flash Chat
3.4x better value than Qwen3.8 27B
LongCat Flash Chat
119.6 pts/$
$0.50/M
Qwen3.8 27B
35.2 pts/$
$1.49/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
meituan
private · undisclosed
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
1 benchmark · 2 models
LongCat Flash ChatQwen3.8 27B
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +36.6
LongCat Flash Chat
1401.1
Qwen3.8 27B
1437.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | LongCat Flash Chat | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1401.1 | 1437.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.20 | $0.80 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $3.50 | |
| $0.42 | $2.55 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $9.56 |