Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude 4.1 Opus
53
Ling 2.6 Flash
44
Pick Claude 4.1 Opus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ling 2.6 Flash only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 262K context window.
Coding
+47.5 difference
Claude 4.1 Opus
Ling 2.6 Flash
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$0.1 / $0.3
29 t/s
209.5 t/s
1.66s
1.07s
200K
262K
Pick Claude 4.1 Opus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ling 2.6 Flash only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 262K context window.
Claude 4.1 Opus is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 53 to 44. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Claude 4.1 Opus's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 74.5 against 27.
Ling 2.6 Flash gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 200K for Claude 4.1 Opus.
Claude 4.1 Opus is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 53 to 44.
Claude 4.1 Opus has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 74.5 versus 27. Ling 2.6 Flash stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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