Claude Opus 4.5 vs LongCat-Flash-Lite: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

CharacteristicClaude Opus 4.5LongCat-Flash-Lite
CompanyAnthropicMeituan
Release DateNovember 23, 2025February 4, 2026
Parameters69B
MultimodalYesNo
Context (input)200K
Context (output)64K
Input Price / 1M$5.00
Output Price / 1M$25.00
Average Score0.90.8
Benchmarks
TAU2 Telecom1.00.7
GPQA0.90.7
TAU2 Retail0.90.7

Visual Benchmark Comparison

Claude Opus 4.5
LongCat-Flash-Lite
TAU2 Telecom1.0 vs 0.7
1.0
0.7
GPQA0.9 vs 0.7
0.9
0.7
TAU2 Retail0.9 vs 0.7
0.9
0.7

Verdict

LongCat-Flash-Lite leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: Claude Opus 4.5 — 0.9, LongCat-Flash-Lite — 0.8.

Recency

LongCat-Flash-Lite is newer: released 2/4/2026 vs 11/23/2025.

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