# LongCat-2.5 vs SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview (slim)

> LongCat-2.5 scores 50.5 (D) to SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview's 46.8 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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LongCat-2.5 scores 50.5 (D) on agent readiness against SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview's 46.8 (D), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview leads on reach. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LongCat-2.5: D 50.5, rank #145 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/longcat-2-5.min.md
- SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview: D 46.8, rank #155 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sensenova-loop-9b-preview.min.md
- LongCat-2.5, good for Operators with NPU clusters, and anyone tracking what the open flagships can do Ahead on Risk, 60 against 50; Agent interface, 75 against 60.
- SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview, good for Researchers who want to study or fine-tune a looped transformer, more than agents that need a model to call today Ahead on Reach, 40 against 35.

| Category | LongCat-2.5 | SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 35 | 40 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 75 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LongCat-2.5 | SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Meituan (LongCat) | SenseTime (SenseNova) |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-11-10 | 2026-11-02 |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, LongCat-2.5 +15: LongCat-2.5 75 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (11,823 characters), with a copy in tokenizer_config.json.); SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (7,756 characters).)
- Risk, LongCat-2.5 +10: LongCat-2.5 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview 50 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).)
- Reach, SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview +5: LongCat-2.5 35 (Memory 0, the smallest build is Meituan's W4A4 repository, 1,336 GB, and 1,336 GB × 1.2 = 1,603 GB, far above 256 GB.); SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview 40 (Memory 15, the only build is the safetensors set, 38.14 GB with its MTP head, since the Hub counts 9.41B of its parameters in F32. Runtimes 0, none of the six r…)