Knowledge
Directional only- Claude Opus 4.8
- 62.7
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- 84.0
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Model comparison
Updated August 4, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.
2 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Claude Opus 4.8
Claude Opus 4.8 has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: rate-fallback
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
1 category uses different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.8 | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | 62.7 | 84.0 | Directional only2 vs 1 rows | Directional only |
| Agentic | 80.3 | Not measured | Not comparable3 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Coding | 81.1 | 40.4 | Not comparable2 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | 72.1 | Not measured | Not comparable1 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Math | 53.9 | Not measured | Not comparable3 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | 77.0 | Not measured | Not comparable2 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | Not measured | 73.4 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
GPQA
Knowledge
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 has no comparable published API token rate.
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 has no comparable published API token rate.
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 has no comparable published API token rate.
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Claude Opus 4.8
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Claude Opus 4.8
claude-opus-4-8
Anthropic model overviewLing 3.0 Flash FP8
Not sourced
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Claude Opus 4.8
Not published
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
No comparable hosted API rate
InclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 model cardClaude Opus 4.8
text, image
Anthropic model overviewLing 3.0 Flash FP8
Not sourced
Claude Opus 4.8
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Not sourced
Claude Opus 4.8
Generally Available · Claude API
Anthropic model overviewLing 3.0 Flash FP8
Not sourced
Claude Opus 4.8
Reasoning
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Reasoning
Claude Opus 4.8
Proprietary
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Open Weight
Claude Opus 4.8
Proprietary
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Open Weight
Claude Opus 4.8
2026-05-28
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
2026-08-04
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Not directly comparable
BrowseComp
Not directly comparable
DeepSearchQA
Not directly comparable
OSWorld-Verified
Not directly comparable
Finance Agent v2
Not directly comparable
MCP Atlas
Not directly comparable
Toolathlon
Not directly comparable
Gert Labs
Not directly comparable
ResearchClawBench
Not directly comparable
OSWorld 2.0
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Verified
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Not directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
Not directly comparable
SWE Multimodal
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Not directly comparable
cursorBench31
Not directly comparable
cursorBench32
Not directly comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 Main
Not directly comparable
SciCode
Not directly comparable
GPQA
Claude Opus 4.8 leads this result
GPQA-D
Claude Opus 4.8 leads this result
HLE
Not directly comparable
HLE w/o tools
Not directly comparable
INCLUDE
Not directly comparable
OfficeQA Pro
Not directly comparable
ScreenSpot Pro
Not directly comparable
CharXiv
Not directly comparable
CharXiv w/o tools
Not directly comparable
IFBench
Not directly comparable
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Claude Opus 4.8 has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 262K.
Last updated August 4, 2026
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