# LongCat-2.5 vs Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B (slim)

> Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B scores 61 (C) to LongCat-2.5's 50.5 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against LongCat-2.5's 50.5 (D), and leads in 1 of 4 scored categories. LongCat-2.5 leads on risk and agent interface. 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
- Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B: C 61, rank #57 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swift-1-5-qwen3-8-27b.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.
- Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B, good for Agents on a 24 to 32 GB GPU or Mac that want Qwen3.8-27B's skills with shorter thinking, for teams under US$1M revenue or research. Ahead on Reach, 80 against 35.

| Category | LongCat-2.5 | Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 35 | 80 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 75 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 43 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LongCat-2.5 | Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Meituan (LongCat) | UkisAI |
| Licence | MIT | Swift Open License v1.0 (custom, not an OSI licence) on UkisAI's changes, free for commercial use below US$1M gross annual revenue with a separate Swift Enterprise License above it. Built on Qwen3.8-27B, whose Apache 2.0 still governs the base |
| Last release | 2026-11-10 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B +45: 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.); Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B 80 (Memory 25 of 30, UkisAI's 4-bit MLX build is 15.9 GB and its 4-bit GGUF with the vision projector 16.4 GB, both under 20 GB with a fifth added, which fits 24 GB…)
- 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.); Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B 60 (Chat template 20, the base's Jinja file.)
- 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.); Swift 1.5 Qwen3.8-27B 50 (File safety 25, safetensors only and nothing from the repository runs.)